Russia will be in contact with China, India, ASEAN on Northern Sea Route development — MFA
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According to Evgeny Varganov, the use of this route will not only significantly reduce the delivery time from the Asia-Pacific region to Europe, but will also potentially provide an opportunity to build new routes for the supply of Russian energy resources from Arctic fields to end consumers in friendly countries