The cooperation program includes organization of an annual 'Riga day' in Moscow and vice versa as well as "the promotion of business contacts between the two cities; exchange of experience in the development of public transport, parking policy, street maintenance, landscaping," and various other areas including mutual tourism promotion efforts, a Riga city press release said.
The first such bilateral agreement between the two cities was signed in 2001 and a later collaboration covering the period 2012-14 is just finishing.
During his current sojourn to the Russian megalopolis Ušakovs is also visiting a special "Riga Christmas Tree House" in Revolution Square.
