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Lavrov, Rosenthal to discuss Russian-Dutch innovative cooperation
MOSCOW, March 14 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and Dutch foreign ministers
Sergei Lavrov and Uri Rosenthal will meet in Moscow to discuss stronger economic and innovative cooperation and the Middle East situation.
"The ministers will focus on the bilateral agenda and cooperation in the Russia-EU format, within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council and in international organizations - the UN, OSCE and the Council of Europe," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
The two diplomats are expected to exchange opinions on weapon
restriction, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the
fight against international terrorism and crime.
Lavrov and Rosenthal will sign a program of actions for 2011-2013 that envisions the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in most different areas, including the preparation for the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia in 2013.
According to experts, the Netherlands is one of the biggest, most
active and promising strategic economic and investment partners of Russia.
Last year the two countries' trade comprised around 48 billion U.S.
dollars. In 2002-2010 the investments increased by more than 10 times to 43.3 billion U.S. dollars, of them 15.7 billion U.S. dollars are direct investments.
Moscow and Amsterdam implement large-scale projects, mainly those in energy. Phillips' energy saving and energy efficiency technologies are being applied in pilot projects aimed at developing infrastructure
facilities in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, and poultry farms of Russia' s company Evrodon.
The two countries step up cooperation in innovations, bioenergy,
agriculture, transport, medicine and pharmaceutics. Dutch companies are active to join the creation of Russia's innovation hub Skolkovo.
The two ministers also touched upon issues on the international agenda such the Middle East and North Africa, Iran's problem and the situation in Afghanistan.
Sergei Lavrov and Uri Rosenthal will meet in Moscow to discuss stronger economic and innovative cooperation and the Middle East situation.
"The ministers will focus on the bilateral agenda and cooperation in the Russia-EU format, within the framework of the Russia-NATO Council and in international organizations - the UN, OSCE and the Council of Europe," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
The two diplomats are expected to exchange opinions on weapon
restriction, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the
fight against international terrorism and crime.
Lavrov and Rosenthal will sign a program of actions for 2011-2013 that envisions the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in most different areas, including the preparation for the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia in 2013.
According to experts, the Netherlands is one of the biggest, most
active and promising strategic economic and investment partners of Russia.
Last year the two countries' trade comprised around 48 billion U.S.
dollars. In 2002-2010 the investments increased by more than 10 times to 43.3 billion U.S. dollars, of them 15.7 billion U.S. dollars are direct investments.
Moscow and Amsterdam implement large-scale projects, mainly those in energy. Phillips' energy saving and energy efficiency technologies are being applied in pilot projects aimed at developing infrastructure
facilities in Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, and poultry farms of Russia' s company Evrodon.
The two countries step up cooperation in innovations, bioenergy,
agriculture, transport, medicine and pharmaceutics. Dutch companies are active to join the creation of Russia's innovation hub Skolkovo.
The two ministers also touched upon issues on the international agenda such the Middle East and North Africa, Iran's problem and the situation in Afghanistan.
