On the 18th of April in Göteborg was hold a meeting in frames of the Working Group for Cooperation in the Space field of the Russian-Swedish Steering Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation. The meeting was chaired by Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Russian State Corporation “Roskosmos” N. Lokteva and CEO of the Swedish National Space Board O. Norberg.
The parties discussed issues of cooperation between the countries in the field of space, including deployment of ground-based measuring stations of the global navigation system GLONASS in Sweden, as well as the launch of Swedish scientific satellites using Russian Soyuz rocket carriers. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Sweden V. Frolov, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Gothenburg V. Barabanov, representatives of the Russian company “Glavkosmos” and Swedish companies “RUAG Space” and “GKN Aerospace Engine Systems”.
Next meeting will be hold in Russia in 2018.