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Putin to visit Denmark, Sweden to talk on hydrocarbons production
MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
on Tuesday is embarking on a two-day Scandinavian tour, during which he
will visit Denmark and Sweden.
With the Danes, who were the first to give consent for laying the Nord
Stream pipeline, he will discuss prospects for joint development of energy
resources in the northern seas and cooperation in shipbuilding and the
pharmaceutical industry. In Stockholm, the Russian prime minister will
discuss the expansion of trade and economic relations with placing the
emphasis on the "green" technologies, in which the Swedes are so strong.
Deputy head of the government staff Yuri Ushakov said on the eve of
the visit that Putin in Copenhagen will meet with his counterpart Lars
Lokke Rasmussen, will give a joint press conference with him, will visit
the headquarters of AP Moller-Maersk - one of the world's largest
container traffic companies, and in an informal atmosphere will have a
lunch with the "captains" of Danish business. The RF prime minister's work
schedule also includes an audience with Queen Margrethe II, who has
recently turned 71.
"Among the promising cooperation spheres is the development of
hydrocarbon resources of the northern seas, interaction of the natural gas
market," an RF government source said. "In addition, cooperation in such
industries as shipbuilding, development of maritime transport, including
transoceanic routes and the use of the Northern Sea Route, fishing, are of
mutual interest." According to him, "such spheres as telecommunications,
IT, aerospace and nanotechnology, medicine and education, are also of
interest."
The source expects that the talks' agenda will also include
cooperation in the Arctic - especially within the Arctic Five and the
Arctic Council formats.
According to Ushakov, the parties for the visit coordinated a
substantial package of documents that includes, besides the memorandums on
cooperation between the departments, the executive protocol to the
agreement on readmission and several agreements in the field of energy
efficiency.
For example, Vnesheconombank (VEB) will sign a credit agreement with a
group of Danish banks on the Kaluga cement plant construction project. The
bank for Development will also take part in the fulfilment of the
memorandum of intent on cooperation in the energy efficiency sphere
between Renova and Danfoss that is to be signed on Tuesday.
Among the inter-corporate documents there will be an agreement on
technological and project cooperation in modernisation of the Pikalevo
complex, for which its is planned to allocate about 200 million euros, and
a letter of intent between Gazprom Export and Dong Naturgas.
After ending the Danish part of the visit Putin on Tuesday will travel
to Sweden where on Wednesday he will also have a working visit.
During this blitz-visit, the programme which, according to the
protocol, will last less than five hours, the Russian prime minister
intends to hold talks with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, to give a
press conference and talk over breakfast with Swedish businesspeople. The
side also plan to sign bilateral documents here.
In particular, the Russian Skolkovo innovation town will get a new
resident - Ericsson, which plans to open its research and development
centre there. In addition, the parties plan to sign a declaration on
partnership for modernisation, designed to give an impetus to more
intensive cooperation in the high technology sphere.
According to Ushakov, during the visit the parties are also to make a
decision on the establishment of the Russian-Swedish Business Council,
which will be headed from the RF side by VEB Chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev.
It will also include such major companies, well-known and working in
Russia, as Volvo, Scania, IKEA, Oriflame, ABB, Tetra Pak and others.
The bilateral trade last year showed a rather positive dynamics,
growing by 23 percent and amounted to nearly 6.5 billion US dollars. "Our
current goal is to increase it to 10 billion US dollars a year," the
Russian government official said. The deputy chief of the RF government
staff said that the volume of Swedish accumulated investment has reached 2.5 billion euros.
on Tuesday is embarking on a two-day Scandinavian tour, during which he
will visit Denmark and Sweden.
With the Danes, who were the first to give consent for laying the Nord
Stream pipeline, he will discuss prospects for joint development of energy
resources in the northern seas and cooperation in shipbuilding and the
pharmaceutical industry. In Stockholm, the Russian prime minister will
discuss the expansion of trade and economic relations with placing the
emphasis on the "green" technologies, in which the Swedes are so strong.
Deputy head of the government staff Yuri Ushakov said on the eve of
the visit that Putin in Copenhagen will meet with his counterpart Lars
Lokke Rasmussen, will give a joint press conference with him, will visit
the headquarters of AP Moller-Maersk - one of the world's largest
container traffic companies, and in an informal atmosphere will have a
lunch with the "captains" of Danish business. The RF prime minister's work
schedule also includes an audience with Queen Margrethe II, who has
recently turned 71.
"Among the promising cooperation spheres is the development of
hydrocarbon resources of the northern seas, interaction of the natural gas
market," an RF government source said. "In addition, cooperation in such
industries as shipbuilding, development of maritime transport, including
transoceanic routes and the use of the Northern Sea Route, fishing, are of
mutual interest." According to him, "such spheres as telecommunications,
IT, aerospace and nanotechnology, medicine and education, are also of
interest."
The source expects that the talks' agenda will also include
cooperation in the Arctic - especially within the Arctic Five and the
Arctic Council formats.
According to Ushakov, the parties for the visit coordinated a
substantial package of documents that includes, besides the memorandums on
cooperation between the departments, the executive protocol to the
agreement on readmission and several agreements in the field of energy
efficiency.
For example, Vnesheconombank (VEB) will sign a credit agreement with a
group of Danish banks on the Kaluga cement plant construction project. The
bank for Development will also take part in the fulfilment of the
memorandum of intent on cooperation in the energy efficiency sphere
between Renova and Danfoss that is to be signed on Tuesday.
Among the inter-corporate documents there will be an agreement on
technological and project cooperation in modernisation of the Pikalevo
complex, for which its is planned to allocate about 200 million euros, and
a letter of intent between Gazprom Export and Dong Naturgas.
After ending the Danish part of the visit Putin on Tuesday will travel
to Sweden where on Wednesday he will also have a working visit.
During this blitz-visit, the programme which, according to the
protocol, will last less than five hours, the Russian prime minister
intends to hold talks with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, to give a
press conference and talk over breakfast with Swedish businesspeople. The
side also plan to sign bilateral documents here.
In particular, the Russian Skolkovo innovation town will get a new
resident - Ericsson, which plans to open its research and development
centre there. In addition, the parties plan to sign a declaration on
partnership for modernisation, designed to give an impetus to more
intensive cooperation in the high technology sphere.
According to Ushakov, during the visit the parties are also to make a
decision on the establishment of the Russian-Swedish Business Council,
which will be headed from the RF side by VEB Chairman Vladimir Dmitriyev.
It will also include such major companies, well-known and working in
Russia, as Volvo, Scania, IKEA, Oriflame, ABB, Tetra Pak and others.
The bilateral trade last year showed a rather positive dynamics,
growing by 23 percent and amounted to nearly 6.5 billion US dollars. "Our
current goal is to increase it to 10 billion US dollars a year," the
Russian government official said. The deputy chief of the RF government
staff said that the volume of Swedish accumulated investment has reached 2.5 billion euros.
