Photo: Administration of Vladivostok Today, May 21 the head of Vladivostok Igor Pushkarev held a courtesy meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden in Russia Veronika Bard Bringeus, arrived in the capital of Primorye an official visit.
The meeting was attended by the Head of International Relations and Tourism of the city administration Vladimir Saprykin and head of the international protocol Vitaly Eremenko.
The Swedish delegation includes officials from the Embassy of supervising the direction of the economy, culture, trade and investment, as well as directors and managers of a number of companies in the country, doing business in Russia, project coordinator for the development of cooperation with foreign countries.
"Vladivostok is currently experiencing the most active period of development in its entire history, - said Igor Pushkarev. - One of the most important areas of the city is international cooperation. Therefore, this first visit of such a representative delegation from Sweden is regarded as a landmark moment of recognition of Vladivostok prospects not only in the Asia-Pacific region and the European community. "
Meeting from the very first minutes of the business acquired active, practical. During the short but intensive presentations, members of the Swedish delegation expressed their intention to co-operation with colleagues from Vladivostok in the fields of electric power, energy and heat saving, sanitation, supply of power equipment and instrumentation, environmental projects, education and language programs. A significant part of these proposals, said Igor Pushkarev, meets Vladivostok and requires a more objective analysis for the preparation and implementation of joint business plans.
During the meeting, the guests were also considerable awareness of the details of the economic and political life of Vladivostok. Veronika Bard Bringeus active interest in the results of Igor Pushkarev and his concept of further development of the city in anticipation of the September elections of Vladivostok.
Igor Pushkarev has led some of the most characteristic examples that characterize a stable positive dynamics. The volume of construction in Vladivostok three times the performance of four years ago, have grown new neighborhoods with social infrastructure, roads and interchanges are being built kindergartens, parks, revived the municipal public transport, installed more than 30000 street lights lighting (in 2008 there were only three thousand) . All this contributed to the first for the last twenty years the population growth of the city - to 21000 residents over the past four years. Among the further prioritization - the elimination of queues in kindergartens, design and construction of the most modern roadway along the shore of the Amur Bay - from Sedanka on Egersheld, opening a large fish market, the further development of public transport, the resettlement of residents from dilapidated housing and other areas.
A lively exchange of views, the participants discussed the possibility of expansion of mutually beneficial contacts between Vladivostok and Sweden.
