We, parliamentarians of the Federal Assembly of
the Russian Federation, Nordic Council and BSPC, welcome the mutually
beneficial cooperation of parliamentarians of the Russian Federation
with the Nordic Council and Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference
(hereinafter - BSPC),
Discussing the development of a dialogue between
Russia, Nordic Council and BSPC on environmentally friendly energy
production and environment control,
Welcome the continuation and resource allocation
to concrete projects under the Northern Dimension Environmental
Partnership and the Northern Dimension partnership on Transport and
Logistics
Express support to the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action
Plan
Note the importance of new technologies in order
to preserve and protect the environment - intensifying efforts to
promote the development of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency
and green technologies
Call for intensified international cooperation
in improving the safety-related problems of organized crime, trafficking
of people, economies and addressing climate changes,
Expanding joint cooperation in social development
including health, social welfare, culture and education,
Take into account conclusions of the meetings
in Khanty-Manyisk in 2009, Bergen in 2010 and Murmansk 2011, which
was attended by parliamentarians of the Russian Federation and the Nordic
Council, gathered to discuss the efficient use of energy resources
in the field of environmental protection, the use of renewable and
non-renewable energy, climate changes and environmental impacts,
Note the importance of cooperation at various stages
of multilateral partnership in northern Europe, such as the Arctic
Council, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, the Northern Dimension Parliamentary
Forum and the BSPC,
Confirm the importance of direct contacts and dialogue
between the Nordic Council and the Parliamentary Association of
the North-West Russia (PANWR),
Note the importance of the Parliamentary Exchange
Programme between Russia and the Nordic Council, as well as the
successful holding of the 4th International Forum for Young Politicians
of Northwest Russia and the Nordic Countries, which was held in
Stockholm, Sweden, 18–20 April 2012, and welcome the decision to hold
the Fifth Forum in the Karelian Republic in the Russian Federation
in 2013,
Note the resolution of the 4th International
Forum for Young Politicians of Northwest Russia and the Nordic Countries,
that discussed issues of open societies and new developments, student exchanges
and healthy life-styles in Northwest Russia and the Nordic Countries,
Welcome the invitation from the Russian Federation
to hold the next round table of parliamentarians of the Federal
Assembly of the Russian Federation with the Nordic Council and the
Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference in 2013 (Time and place of the
meeting will be determined later).