After Norway, another Scandinavian country started reflecting on the restoration of relations with Russia
After Norway, another Scandinavian country started reflecting on the restoration of relations with Russia
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1300 km common border are forced to cooperate.
For the first time after the annexation of Crimea in 2013, Finland is planning to revive trade and economic relations with Russia. According to experts, this is the beginning of the “slip” of sanctions against Russia, reports ZN.ua with reference to Financial Times.
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According to information, earlier, for the first time in two years, held a bilateral meeting between the governments of Russia and Norway. Followed by Norway, Finland also decided to carry out a meeting on improving trade and economic relations between the neighboring countries. However, the government of Finland says that this restoration of contacts does not affect the unity of the European Union on sanctions against Russia.
According to the Minister of trade of Finland Kai Mikkonen, Finland and Russia 1300 km common border, so such issues from time to time should rise. However, the Minister noted that the West must stand United against the violations of international law by the Russian side.
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According to the expert across Russia from the Norwegian Institute of international Affairs Indra, Overland, such events indicate a thaw in relations with Russia.
“It is a clear start slipping on sanctions. While this does not affect the sanctions, but the will to continue slipping away,” said overland.
According to the Minister of trade of Finland, Russia is the fifth largest country in the direction of Finnish exports, so it is important to support the work of Finnish companies in Russia. However, he noted that the bombing of Aleppo, Syria Russian troops worsened the relationship of Finland to Russia.
Also, Mikkanen assured that the revival of such a relationship is not anything special and we should not overestimate the significance of these events.
Earlier, Norway has stated that it plans to resume sales-the economic SVA yazki with Russia. According to the Norwegian Minister of trade, at the moment, several EU countries have taken the first steps to restore cooperation with Russia.
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