First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov is set to discuss various cooperation issues in Sweden, including agricultural and energy matters, RBC reports. Particularly, he will hold talks on the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
The Nord Stream project is covered by the national law of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, and Russia, through which the pipeline will run. Russia submitted a construction application to the Swedish government in December 2007, and originally planned to send applications to the other countries by December 2008, but has not yet done so. Nord Stream AG, the project's operator, hopes to receive all go-aheads for the construction by December 2009, and it is also holding talks with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, which will all be indirectly affected by the project.