Russian trade talks resume

FOLLOWING her successful Chinese trade mission (see World News), Norway’s industry minister Monica Maeland visited Russia to try to improve relations in the hope that seafood exports will one day resume. Norway and Russia share and jointly administer the Barents Sea, arguably the world’s richest cod and haddock grounds.

Trade between Norway and Russia was reduced as a result of the crisis in Ukraine, but there is still ongoing cooperation in many sectors. The meeting, in the Norwegian-Russian economic commission in Moscow, is important in this context, said Mæland.