OREANDA-NEWS. April 01, 2014. Finland has signed the Charter of "Green Bridge" Partnership Programme at the end of the 8th session of the Kazakh-Finnish Intergovernmental Commission on trade and economic cooperation.

Minister of Environment and Water Resources of Kazakhstan Nurlan Kapparov attended the 8th meeting of the Kazakh-Finnish Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Helsinki.

The parties discussed the implementation of previously reached agreements and the development of trade and economic relations, as well as cooperation in the field of education, health, environment, tourism, culture, communications, energy and energy efficiency, agriculture.

At the end of the IGC meeting Minister for European Union Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland Alexander Stubb signed the Charter of Partnership Programme "Green Bridge".

Also during the visit N. Kapparov met with Finland Minister of Industry Jan Vapaavuori and discussed expanding bilateral cooperation.