Minister Väyrynen to meet Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade Elvira Nabiullina

Press release 198/2009
30 July, 2009

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen will meet Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina on 2 August in Helsinki.

The ministers will discuss current bilateral commerce and trade relations between Finland and Russia. Furthermore, they will discuss the work of the Finnish-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic Cooperation and Russia's WTO accession process.

The ministers will also attend the Savonlinna Opera Festival on Saturday.

More information: Ossi Martikainen, Senior Adviser to the Minister, tel. +358 9 1605 6306 or +358 40 592 6769, Press Attaché Annika Saarikko, tel. +358 9 1605 5356 or +358 400 739 824 and First Secretary Jaakko Lehtovirta, tel. +358 9 1065 5545 or +358 40 754 2419.