Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Väyrynen will meet Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia Nabiullina

Press release 241/2008
2 July, 2008

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen and Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia Elvira Nabiullina will meet in Moscow on 9 July. The Ministers will discuss the Russian duties on wood, and the situation of the border traffic and means aimed to make it run smoother. Decision to continue discussions about these issues was made during the meeting of the Presidents of Finland and Russia on 28 June.

Further information: Deputy Director General Pekka Säilä, Department of External Economic Relations, tel. +3588 9 1605 5503, +358 40 747 8931, Counsellor Antti Vänskä, Unit for Russia, tel. +358 9 1605 5616, +358 40 513 1458, and in affairs related to the press conference, Press Counsellor Toomas Lybeck, Finnish Embassy in Moscow, tel. +7 495 760 6887