On Oct 25, 2009 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen gave a joint press conference on the results of the Russian -Finnish talks. According to LexisNexis news Putin remarked following in his speech:

“During the meeting we discussed broader environmental cooperation in the Baltic. We have accumulated some good positive experience here. For example, construction has been completed of the south-western purification plants and of the Northern sewerage in St.Petersburg.

We intend to continue cooperation in this sphere. We have discussed the prospects for similar joint projects in other Russian cities on the Baltic coast, above all Kaliningrad.

Russia supports the Finnish initiative of holding a Baltic Summit in Helsinki early next year. I believe that its decisions will strengthen environmental cooperation in the region”