Yamal will strengthen relations with Finland. The contract on delivery of reindeer hides will be signed

From the 15^th to the 18^th of January the delegation of Yamal will go to Finland. The representatives of the region plan to discuss issues of cooperation between the arctic region and the province of Lapland, opportunities to strengthen external economic relations with the Finnish partners. Also they plan to share international experience in the sphere of state and municipal management.

The program includes a visit to urban socially important institutions, an enterprise for processing of municipal solid waste, objects of tourist industry, leading enterprises of agro-industrial complex, meetings at the high level and also with representatives of the business community and the Association of reindeer-herding enterprises.

According to the information given to a correspondent of the news agency “Sever-Press” in the regional department of international and external economic relations, during the visit the participants will sign the external economic contract on delivery of reindeer hides between the municipal enterprise “Meat-processing complex “Payuta” and the Finnish company “Lapin Nahka Oy”.

The specialized department reminds that reindeer meat has been exported to Finland since 2010. Then 210 tonnes of venison were sent as a test consignment, and by 2018 amounts of deliveries grew more than twice. During eight years in total about 3 thousand tonnes of organic reindeer meat were delivered to Finland.

It should be noted that friendly relations between the capital of Yamal and the center of Lapland Rovaniemi were established in 2014. Then the Memorandum of understanding was signed officially. The towns are twinned. In today’s geopolitical conditions the partnership of the towns is very important. In addition to the geographical location on the Polar Circle, both towns are administrative centers of remote northern areas, what leads to necessity to solve similar objectives and tasks. The number of inhabitants of the twin towns makes approximately the equal figure.