At the meeting the two parties discussed environmental issues related to preparations for the Sochi-2014 Winter Olympic Games. Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev and President of the Sochi-2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko also attended the meeting.
The IOC representatives were once again informed on the position of Greenpeace Russia concerning location of Olympic venues and infrastructure in high conservation value territories including parts of the World Heritage site “Western Caucasus”. Greenpeace specifically underlined that the issue of location of the disputed ...