Timakova said the president will inspect facilities being built for the summit, including a bridge to the Russky Island and a campus of the Far Eastern Federal University.
The summit preparation program also includes the construction of an international air terminal and two five-star hotels, wastewater purification facilities, as well as modernization of the water supply system and the power grid.
Vladivostok will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2012.
Modernization will become the key theme of Russia`s 2012 presidency of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
"We plan to make this a key issue of our next year`s presidency in APEC," the Russian leader said at the opening ceremony of the Forum for Asia in China`s Boao.
The Russian leader also invited the Boao forum`s participants to the XV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 16-18. (*)
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