British companies are interested in participating in Russia's hi-tech hub, Skolkovo, a source in the Russian delegation at the G20 summit said on Friday.
On Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting of G20 leaders in Seoul.
Medvedev invited Cameron to Moscow saying that Russian companies "are continuing Initial Public Offerings (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange with great pleasure. This should be strengthened."
Cameron in response was highly "interested in the British businessmen's participation as partners in Skolkovo project," the source said.
"The talks were very substantive. Everybody realizes there are difficulties, but they should be solved," the Russian delegation source said.
Medvedev has called on foreign companies to participate in the Skolkovo project that is believed to be Russia's innovation hub.
In October, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, during his visit to Russia, brought to Moscow a delegation of U.S. investors interested in cooperation with the hi-tech hub.
U.S. Microsoft will establish a research and development center in Skolkovo along with the Italy's largest power company Enel that is also set to take part in the ambitious project.
SEOUL, November 12 (RIA Novosti)
