Summing up the meeting with his Finnish counterpart Antti Rinne, the prime minister noted that it is possible to achieve the 2008 turnover, when it reached $ 22 billion.
In 2018, the figure approached $ 15 billion, he said.
“The growth in trade turnover was affected by the implementation of an important stage in the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. Finnish enterprises, two ports participated in pipe laying works, ”RIA Novosti quoted Medvedev as saying.
He added that Finnish investment in Russia reached $ 14 billion.
In August, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that work on the Finnish section of the Nord Stream 2 project had been completed.