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PETROZAVODSK, June 29. /Correspondent of SPB-TASS Yuri Shleikin/. An exit session of the Federation Council's CIS Affairs Committee where aspects of activity of euroregions, international frontier regional communities, have been discussed has been held in the capital of Karelia. As the Committee chairman Vadim Gustov has informed the ITAR-TASS correspondent, " The purpose of meeting in Petrozavodsk is to watch the development if the Euro-region Karelia. It is the first one stipulated by the agreement between governments of Russia and Finland. considering that In the second half of the year a federal law On Frontier Cooperation of the Russian Federation should be passed, it is important for us to see and understand, whether norms that will make for development of euroregions are explained there thoroughly ".
"We have got convinced that euroregions created in the country should remain in the focus of attention of the government of Russia. A mechanism to solve taska of their infrastructure - roads, communication, frontier check points, etc. is necessary . Euroregions should become points of growth in the economics of Russia, and this is our idea that we have discussed at the session with participation of the Government of the Republic of Karelia," - Vadim Gustov has noted.
At the meeting it has been pointed out that now within the framework of euroregions frontier cooperation with Finland, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania is carried out, allied relations with Byelorussia become stronger. 9 subjects of Russia and more than 30 municipalities participate in frontier communities.
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