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Andrus Ansip and Dmitri Medvedev. St. Petersburg, 5.04.2013. Photo: valitsus.ee

"I will have a meeting with my Estonian colleague tonight. We looked with Ansip that our trade reaches billions of dollars, which is not little," said Medvedev. "When ideological differences of opinions are left aside, it is possible to give an impetus to other relations, for example economic ones. I believe that we will do that."

Medvedev did not cite any obstacles in the relations between the two states and said that interests of the people of both states are the basis of bilateral relations. "It is important for people to benefit from it," he said.

Medvedev admitted that the political relations between Estonia and Russia are not the best and in certain spheres are even frozen. "In some places something is frozen, in some places we cannot find a reaching point... Everything has to be done so that these relations would develop in a stable way and that citizens of our states could use the fruits of the cooperation," Medvedev said, as reported by Postimees Online.

Estonian prime minister Andrus Ansip and his Russian colleague Dmitri Medvedev focussed on the possibilities of warming up relations instead of criticism at their meeting on Friday in St Petersburg LETA/Public Broadcasting reports.

This was the first planned meeting of Estonian and Russian heads of governments in more than eight years.

The officials cause for the meeting was the Baltic Sea States Council meeting in St Petersburg. Already before the start of the bilateral meeting, Medvedev said that he has a positive attitude towards the meeting. "If we exit partially the ideological restrictions that exist in our relations, we could give a good impetus to developing the economy and connections between people. I hope that happens," said Medvedev.

Ansip said also that it is time to start communicating normally since it isn’t ordinary that Estonian and Russian prime ministers haven't visited their neighbouring states in 8 years.

"At the meeting, Estonia didn’t have any criticism against the Russian Federation nor the Russian Federation against Estonia. Maybe we have been too sensitive in earlier times," said Ansip.

According to the government's press service, the meeting focused on bilateral relations, economic issues, cooperation possibilities in different spheres and bilateral agreements.