Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Väyrynen to meet Governor of Leningrad Region Serdyukov

Press release 18/2009
22 January, 2009

Valery Serdyukov, the Governor of Leningrad Region, will visit Finland on 23 January at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen.

Minister Väyrynen and Governor Serdyukov will discuss the economic and trade co-operation between the Leningrad region and Finland and topical Neighbouring Area Cooperation projects. Furthermore, Governor Serdyukov’s programme includes meetings in the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Ministry of the Environment.

Additional information: Special Adviser to the Minister Ossi Martikainen, tel. +358 9 1605 6306, +358 40 592 6769, and Soili Mäkeläinen-Buhanist, Counsellor, Unit for Russia, tel. +358 9 1605 5652