OREANDA-NEWS. July 1, 2009. Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Norway Sergey Andreyev and the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, Ms. Helga Pedersen, exchanged letters concerning the extension of the Interim Agreement on Joint Measures of Fisheries Control and Fishing Regulation in the Contiguous Area of the Barents Sea of January 11, 1978 for one year until July 1, 2010 in Oslo on June 30.

The sides noted the significance of the Agreement for the development of effective and mutually advantageous cooperation between Russia and Norway in the management of joint fish resources in the Barents Sea.