Photographer: Juha Sarkkinen, Finland
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Mr Paavo Lipponen, Speaker of the Finnish Parliament, opens the Conference

 
Nordic parlamentarians at the Conference: Ole Stavad, Outi Ojala, Martin Saarikangas and Inge Lønning

Russian participants at the Conference. From the left: Vatanyar Yagya, Valentina Pivnenko, Gennady Khrippel, Valeriy Sachenov,  Sergey Terekhovskiy

Ms Sylvia Bretschneider, Speaker of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Parliament, greeting the Mayog of Oulu, Mr Kari Nenonen

Ms Marie Ehrling, TeliaSonera

Mr  Marek Szczepanski, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Economy, Work and Social Policy, Poland

Guy Lindström, Sten Ramstedt, Astrid Thors, Katariina Kuusinen and Seppo Tiitinen during coffee break

H.E. Pietro Lonardo, Mr Alfredo Biondi and Mr Jaakko Hissa

Mr Janis Reirs, Ms Inese Vaidere

The Standing Committee; Mr Gerard Czaja, Ms Outi Ojala, Chairman of the Committee, Mr Gennady Khrippel, Mr Heinz-Werner Arens, Mr Kent Olsson and the HELCOM observers of the BSPC, Ms Sylvia Bretschneider and Mr Ole Stavad

The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern delegation

Ms Kristiina Ojuland, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Chairman of the CBSS

H.E. Helle Degn, Commissioner for Democratic Develoment

Ms Inese Vaidere, Chairman of the HELCOM

Heinz-Werner Arens and Jürgen Schöning closing the conference