The Eastern Economic Forum began on Tuesday and will run through Friday.
It is being hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia's Pacific coast city of Vladivostok.
Sputnik is the general information partner of the EEF 2024.
The Gambia is taking part in the Eastern Economic Forum in 2024 for the first time and is grateful for the invitation, First Secretary of the Gambian Embassy in Russia Bakary Jawo said on Wednesday.
"I would like to thank you for the invitation to take part in this very important forum. And specifically in this discussion, I would like to note that this is the first time the tiny country of The Gambia in the West Coast region of Africa is represented in this forum," said the diplomat.
The speech was delivered during an online address to the forum participants.
