The meeting was of informative character about the initiatives and plans of work of the Council in Russia in 2016.
On 18 March 2016, Smolny hosted a meeting of the Acting Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg I.O. Lonsky and the Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in St. Petersburg V.V. Zapevalov with the head of Secretary General's Office (GSK) of the Nordic Council of Ministers Mr. Broman.