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RF president's visit to promote stronger relations--PM.
STOCKHOLM, November 18 (Itar-Tass) - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik
Reinfeldt, speaking in the run-up to the Russia-European Union (EU) summit and bilateral talks, has told Itar-Tass in an exclusive interview that he hopes that the forthcoming meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation (RF) will lay the foundations for stronger relations between the two countries.
"I hope that our meeting will lay the foundations of stronger and good
relations between Sweden and Russia," the Premier said.
In response to a question as to whether he is prepared to press the
"reset" button in the two countries' dialogue which is progressing but not
without problems, Reinfeldt said: "Yes, I am. With pleasure. We would like
good relations with Russia. We see that, for example, trade has gained in
scope considerably. I spoke to many Swedish businessmen who would like to
get to or increase their presence in Russia. However, in this respect,
there arise such matters as predictability, relationships with agencies,
and concern that they will be in for not quite good initial conditions.
This is present as a factor. We hope that bilateral cooperation will grow
stronger in other fields as well, and we hope for more reliable relations
between the European Union and Russia".
Reinfeldt's opinion is that growing trade and tourism are now the most
promising areas in bilateral contacts. "This is the basis for mutual
understanding and a rise in goods exchanges. An increasing number of
Russian tourists travel to Sweden and this can be only welcomed".
The economic component of relations, in Reinfeldt's view, develops
successfully but it could be more considerable in scope and differentiated
in pattern. Division into a Russian supplier of raw materials (feedstock
and fuel account for 83.5 percent of Russian export) and a Swedish
supplier of services and high technologies (with finished goods accounting
for 84 percent of Swedish export, including ground transport, electrical
engineering and hi-tech equipment accounting for 73 percent) still
persists in reciprocal trade.
The implementation of projects in the fields of automobile
manufacture, space research, nano-scale technologies, forestry, timber
processing, energy, transport, construction, and the development of oil
deposits can be mentioned as positive examples of bilateral cooperation.
.Putin to attend Russian Geograpical Society convention.
MOSCOW, November 18 (Itar-Tass) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will
attend the extraordinary convention of the Russian Geopgrapical Society
(RGS) here on Wednesday on the concluding day of its proceedings. The
convention is taking place in the building of the Presidium of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, the Premier's press service announced.
The RGS convention, which has been at work from November 17 to18, was
convened in connection with the need to adopt amendments and addenda to
the RGS Charter, elect a new president of the RGS, and work out a strategy
for the development of the RGS at the contemporary stage.
The main tasks facing the RGS now are to coordinate fundamental
research regarding the study of nature, organise big scientific
expeditions, support projects aimed at preserving and multiplying the
natural resources of Russia, give assistance to young scientists and
researchers, and popularise knowledge about the nature and geography of
Russia.
On the first day of proceedings the participants in the RGS convention
elected Sergei Shoigu, Russian Minister for Emergencies, as the president
of the RGS.
One of major results of the first day of proceedings was a decision
to recreate the Board of Trustees, which will promote the attainment of
the RGS goals and the accomplishment of its tasks.
.RF-Syria coop'n panel to meet in Damascus Wednesday.
DAMASCUS, November 18 (Itar-Tass) - The Russo-Syrian intergovernmental
commission for trade and economic cooperation will begin its work on
Wednesday with a ceremony to put into operation Syria's major gas
processing complex GPZ-1 near the city of Homs.
The ceremony is to be attended by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and
members of the Syrian leadership, as well as by the co-chairmen of the
Commission -- Igor Shchyogolev, Russian Minister of Telecom and Mass
Communications, and Amer Hosni Lutfi, Syrian Minister of Economics and
Trade.
An enlarged meeting of the Commission is to be held in Damascus on
Wednesday afternoon to sum up the results of bilateral partnership in
2009 and map out prospects for the future.
An official at the Russian Embassy in Damascus has told Itar-Tass
that the Russian delegation includes a large group of members of the
business community. Amog them are the directors of a number of large
enterprises in the oil, gas, and energy sectors, executives of engineering
companies, and officials of travel firms.
Russian delegation members' meetings with their Syrian counterparts
will deal with investment and interbank interaction, as well as the
development of partnership in the field of communications and information
technologies, health care, science, and education. The sides are to
discuss in specific detail the use of the GLONASS aerospace navigation
system by the Syrian side for civil purposes.
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Reinfeldt, speaking in the run-up to the Russia-European Union (EU) summit and bilateral talks, has told Itar-Tass in an exclusive interview that he hopes that the forthcoming meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation (RF) will lay the foundations for stronger relations between the two countries.
"I hope that our meeting will lay the foundations of stronger and good
relations between Sweden and Russia," the Premier said.
In response to a question as to whether he is prepared to press the
"reset" button in the two countries' dialogue which is progressing but not
without problems, Reinfeldt said: "Yes, I am. With pleasure. We would like
good relations with Russia. We see that, for example, trade has gained in
scope considerably. I spoke to many Swedish businessmen who would like to
get to or increase their presence in Russia. However, in this respect,
there arise such matters as predictability, relationships with agencies,
and concern that they will be in for not quite good initial conditions.
This is present as a factor. We hope that bilateral cooperation will grow
stronger in other fields as well, and we hope for more reliable relations
between the European Union and Russia".
Reinfeldt's opinion is that growing trade and tourism are now the most
promising areas in bilateral contacts. "This is the basis for mutual
understanding and a rise in goods exchanges. An increasing number of
Russian tourists travel to Sweden and this can be only welcomed".
The economic component of relations, in Reinfeldt's view, develops
successfully but it could be more considerable in scope and differentiated
in pattern. Division into a Russian supplier of raw materials (feedstock
and fuel account for 83.5 percent of Russian export) and a Swedish
supplier of services and high technologies (with finished goods accounting
for 84 percent of Swedish export, including ground transport, electrical
engineering and hi-tech equipment accounting for 73 percent) still
persists in reciprocal trade.
The implementation of projects in the fields of automobile
manufacture, space research, nano-scale technologies, forestry, timber
processing, energy, transport, construction, and the development of oil
deposits can be mentioned as positive examples of bilateral cooperation.
.Putin to attend Russian Geograpical Society convention.
MOSCOW, November 18 (Itar-Tass) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will
attend the extraordinary convention of the Russian Geopgrapical Society
(RGS) here on Wednesday on the concluding day of its proceedings. The
convention is taking place in the building of the Presidium of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, the Premier's press service announced.
The RGS convention, which has been at work from November 17 to18, was
convened in connection with the need to adopt amendments and addenda to
the RGS Charter, elect a new president of the RGS, and work out a strategy
for the development of the RGS at the contemporary stage.
The main tasks facing the RGS now are to coordinate fundamental
research regarding the study of nature, organise big scientific
expeditions, support projects aimed at preserving and multiplying the
natural resources of Russia, give assistance to young scientists and
researchers, and popularise knowledge about the nature and geography of
Russia.
On the first day of proceedings the participants in the RGS convention
elected Sergei Shoigu, Russian Minister for Emergencies, as the president
of the RGS.
One of major results of the first day of proceedings was a decision
to recreate the Board of Trustees, which will promote the attainment of
the RGS goals and the accomplishment of its tasks.
.RF-Syria coop'n panel to meet in Damascus Wednesday.
DAMASCUS, November 18 (Itar-Tass) - The Russo-Syrian intergovernmental
commission for trade and economic cooperation will begin its work on
Wednesday with a ceremony to put into operation Syria's major gas
processing complex GPZ-1 near the city of Homs.
The ceremony is to be attended by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and
members of the Syrian leadership, as well as by the co-chairmen of the
Commission -- Igor Shchyogolev, Russian Minister of Telecom and Mass
Communications, and Amer Hosni Lutfi, Syrian Minister of Economics and
Trade.
An enlarged meeting of the Commission is to be held in Damascus on
Wednesday afternoon to sum up the results of bilateral partnership in
2009 and map out prospects for the future.
An official at the Russian Embassy in Damascus has told Itar-Tass
that the Russian delegation includes a large group of members of the
business community. Amog them are the directors of a number of large
enterprises in the oil, gas, and energy sectors, executives of engineering
companies, and officials of travel firms.
Russian delegation members' meetings with their Syrian counterparts
will deal with investment and interbank interaction, as well as the
development of partnership in the field of communications and information
technologies, health care, science, and education. The sides are to
discuss in specific detail the use of the GLONASS aerospace navigation
system by the Syrian side for civil purposes.
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