On April 26, President Dmitry Medvedev depart...
Incidentally, Norway is the only NATO country that celebrates the end of World War II on the same day as Russia, May 9. In Norway it"s called Frigjoringsdag 1945, or Liberation Day 1945. The north of the country was liberated by the Soviet Army, and Medvedev will lay a wreath at the memorial to the Soviet soldiers killed in Norway.
Russia"s relations with its Nordic neighbors have never been smooth, with periods of freezes and thaws, friendship and tension. Medvedev"s upcoming visits apparently indicate that relations are warming.
The Oslo talks will focus on our traditional "set of Nordic issues" - further delimitation of border in the Barents Sea, energy cooperation, fishing, cooperation between law enforcement agencies, "northern" regional problems and developing the resources of the Arctic.
In July 2007, Russia and Norway signed an agreement delineating the offshore zones in Varangerfjord in the Barents Sea; now it is time to discuss other borders in the Barents
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