A memorandum of agreement was signed in Kotka on June 07 by Olga Ansberg, the General Director of Port Logistic LTd and Esa Sirviö, the Mayor of Kotka. The document revealed a cooperation between the two parties on organisation of a regular passenger shipping route between Vyborg and Kotka. The memorandum was signed in presence of Toni Vanhala, Development Director for the Municipality of Kotka, Pavel Kuznetsov, the Russian Ambassador to Finland, and Gennady Orlov, Head of the Administration for the Vyborg district in the Leningrad region.
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