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The forum “St.Petersburg - Thessaloniki: 10 Years of Partnership”devoted to the anniversary date started in Greece on April 24.

The Forum is attended by a St.Petersburg delegation headed by Terentiy Meshcheryakov, Head of Frunzenskiy District.

The purpose of the forum is the development of promising projects in 2013–2015.

The program of the forum includes “round tables” on the development of cooperation in the areas of economy and tourism, urban economy, culture, science, education, youth policy and sports; master class on traditional recipes of Russian cuisine, organized jointly with the restaurant of the hotel “Ambassador”.

On April 26, an exhibition from the collection of Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” was opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki. The response exhibition from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki will be shown in St.Petersburg in the second half of 2012.

Organizers: St.Petersburg Committee for External Relations and the Department for External Relations of Thessaloniki.

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Reference: Agreement on cooperation between the cities was signed in 2002 during a visit of an official delegation of Thessaloniki to St.Petersburg. According to Petrostat, the trade turnover of St.Petersburg and Greece amounted to $513.8 million in 2011. As compared to 2010, it grew by 20%. Greece ranked 25th among the countries – trading partners of St.Petersburg by the turnover. Since 2008, export of St.Petersburg to Greece is represented mainly by mineral fuel. Import of St.Petersburg from Greece is much less and is characterized by low export growth during recent years. Commodity structure of imports from Greece is diversified: the supply of fruits and nuts (32%), dyes, paints and varnishes (11%), tobacco (10%), products of fruits and vegetables processing (8%), plastics and articles thereof (8%), inorganic chemistry products (6%), essential oils, perfumes, cosmetics (5%), other merchandise (20%).