OREANDA-NEWS. An expanded thematic meeting of the Russian Part of the Russian-Swedish Business Council (RSBC) “Russia- Sweden: legal aspects of cooperation” was held at Vnesheconombank.

In attendance of the meeting were representatives of RSBC member companies, Russian government institutions, the Agency for Legal Consulting on Doing Business in Sweden.

A welcoming address to the meeting’s participants was given by Deputy Chairman – Vnesheconombank Board Member – Executive Director of the Russian-Swedish Business Council Alexandr Ivanov. Director of the Second European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Victor Tatarintsev informed the participants about the current stage of the Russian-Swedish bilateral relations.

In the course of the meeting its participants studied the Economic Development Ministry’s information on the Russian-Swedish business development and discussed issues of business, commercial, customs and tax law in Sweden.

The Russian-Swedish Business Council is a nongovernmental public organization. The Council’s activity is to be undertaken on a pro bono basis uniting Russian and Swedish companies and institutions irrespective of ownership type. Vnesheconombank and Ericsson Concern respectively are to be responsible for coordinating activities of the Council’s Russian and Swedish parts and managing its executive bodies.