SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (AFP): Singapore will advise Russia on setting up special economic zones under a pact signed with Moscow, the city-state's ministry of trade and industry said yesterday in a statement. Singapore has developed economic zones in some of Asia's fastest growing economies including China, India and Vietnam and in June Singapore signed a pact with Indonesia to establish another three such zones. Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang, currently on a working visit to Moscow, signed the deal with Russia's Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref.
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