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St.Petersburg governor calls on Riga to cooperate in joint projects

BC, Riga, 30.09.2016.Print version
St.Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko has called on Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs to organize joint cooperation projects, the Riga City Council reported.

During the meeting with Usakovs for the Riga Days in St.Petersburg, Poltavchenko underscored that St.Petersburg and Riga are important economic and culture centers in the Baltic Sea region. The governor named a classical music festival as a possible cooperation example, and also discussed possibilities to coordinate tourist attraction, cooperating in development of cruise tourism.


Riga and St.Petersburg signed an agreement on cooperation in 1997. The previous Riga Days were held in St.Petersburg in 2010, and St.Petersburg Days in Riga were organized in 2014.

 






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