Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Väyrynen to visit St. Petersburg

Press release 11/2010
18 January, 2010

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen will attend the “Agriculture and Forestry in Russia” seminar to be held in St. Petersburg on 20 January. The seminar is organized by the Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) of Finland and the Association of Farms and Agricultural Cooperatives of Russia (AKKOR). At the seminar, Minister Väyrynen will give a talk on the role of agriculture and forestry in trade between Finland and Russia.

During his trip Minister Väyrynen will also meet with representatives of Finnish companies operating in St. Petersburg. The preconditions and prospects for Finnish companies to operate in Russia, among other topics, will be discussed at the meeting.

Additional information: Annika Saarikko, Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, mobile tel. +358 400 739 824, and Counsellor Antti Vänskä, tel. +358 9 1605 5616