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Medvedev set to meet with Swedish PM Reinfeldt as ties 'thaw'

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties and international issues.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss bilateral ties and international issues.

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter earlier called Reinfeldt's visit to Russia a diplomatic "thaw." The paper said bilateral relations chilled when Sweden criticized Russia over the August 2008 war with Georgia over South Ossetia.

Russian Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko earlier said Swedish investors were and remain among the most active, despite the economic crisis. He in particular mentioned joint projects being implemented in car manufacturing and trade. Khristenko's Swedish counterpart Ewa Bjorling earlier named energy as a promising sphere of cooperation with Russia.

Agreements on space, energy, healthcare and other spheres of cooperation have been drafted for Reinfeldt's visit. This will be his first visit to Russia in his current post, which he has occupied since 2006. Last November, he met with Medvedev in Stockholm during a Russia-EU meeting.

The Swedish premier intends to discuss with Medvedev climate change, trade and cooperation with the EU, as well as meet with Swedish businessmen working in Russia. Reinfeldt will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.

A Kremlin source has said bilateral trade in 2009 was estimated at $5.24 billion and that joint projects are developing in the automobile industry, electronics, space, telecommunications, nanotechnology, metalwork, agriculture, forestry, transportation, construction, oilfield development, as well as in the banking and financial sectors.

MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti)

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