Kiviniemi, who took over the reigns as Finnish Prime Minister in June this year, will meet Putin in his home town of Sankt Petersburg.
According to the Finnish Government, commercial and economic relations and transport and mobility affairs will be top agenda issues. Also the world economy, EU-Russia cooperation and issues relating to the Baltic Sea will be discussed, a press release informs.
Finland is one of Russia’s closest partners in the EU, and the two countries hold bilateral top meetings every six months. As reported by BarentsObserver, Finland was one of the countries mentioned as partners in economic modernization by President Dmitry Medvedev in his last week address on the state of the nation.
The Finnish-Russian top meeting takes place only a month after President Tarja Halonen was on a three-day state visit to the country.
