Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Finland Timo Soini in Moscow.
At a joint media conference, Lavrov was quoted by Foreign Ministry’s website as noting “a confident increase in bilateral trade, which grew by 21% last year. We have supported the implementation of major joint projects. Finland is building the Hanhikivi-1 Nuclear Power Plant with the participation of Russia’s Rosatom state corporation. In turn, Finnish Fortum is building new energy capacity in Russia, including with renewable resources. We made a positive assessment of the performance of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation that held its latest meeting in St Petersburg in the autumn of last year. We support the activities of the Intergovernmental Commission for Cross Border Cooperation that plans to hold a second meeting in late February.”
According to the Minister, “Despite Brussels’ policy as regards the Russian Federation, our relations with Finland remain neighborly and continue making steady progress.”