Cooperation between Saint-Petersburg and Finland.
Authored by Stanislav Tkachenko.
This Policy Briefing argues that Finland and Saint-Petersburg should enlarge business contacts, regular meetings of public servants and exchanges in frameworks of public diplomacy programs, including visits of researchers and journalists, number of publications in printed editions on partner-state, its business climate, opportunities for tourism and education. Prospects for facilitation of visa regime, support of joint projects in cross-border cooperation and tourism should enlarge opportunities for peoples of two states to cooperate.
The article is written by Professor Stanislav Tkachenko is Director of the M.A. Programme ‘Diplomacy of Russian Federation and foreign countries’ at the School of International Relations, Saint-Petersburg State University.
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