Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met on Tuesday with Danish Queen Margrethe II, who paid her second official visit to Moscow since 1975.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met on Tuesday with Danish Queen Margrethe II, who paid her second official visit to Moscow since 1975.
The queen, accompanied by her spouse, Prince Consort Henri and their son Crown Prince Frederik, was wearing a summer blue coat and a matching hat with sophisticated decor. Russian first lady Svetlana Medvedeva chose a classic tailored ivory dress with a black brooch.
This is Queen Margrethe's second visit to Russia. She visited Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1975. The visit comes after Medvedev's invitation to the royal family during his visit to Denmark in April 2010.
The Russian and Danish anthems played before the meeting.
The Russian delegation included the foreign and transportation ministers, as well as the agricultural minister, minister of culture and the presidential aide.
Denmark had an unprecedented large delegation - over 100 Danish businessmen.
Apart from the talks with Medvedev, the Queen will meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and take part in the opening ceremonies of the second Russian-Danish business forum, a Kremlin source said earlier.
One of the key topics for negotiations will be cooperation in energy and especially the Nord Stream gas pipeline project.
Russian-Danish trade in 2010 totaled $3.3 billion. Trade in the first half of 2011 grew 21.3% year-on-year to $1.9 billion. Over 200 Danish companies operate in 25 Russian regions. Some 20% of them have already started their own production lines in the country.
