Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister to visit Finland

Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari will meet Greece’s Deputy Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Costas Fragkogiannis in Helsinki on 16 February.

Deputy Foreign Minister Fragkogiannis will be accompanied in Finland by a delegation of Greek business, export promotion and investment organisation representatives. The main objective of the visit is to promote trade relations between Finland and Greece in the sectors of shipping, energy, digitalisation and construction.

The ministers will exchange views on the bilateral trade and investment relations between Finland and Greece and on the two countries’ economic situation in the new geopolitical and geoeconomic environment. “I greatly appreciate that my Greek counterpart is visiting Helsinki with a business delegation. The visit is an excellent opportunity to exchange views on global and regional questions of economy and trade and to promote cooperation between Finnish and Greek companies. Greece is an important EU and trade partner for Finland,” Minister Skinnari says.

While in Finland, the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister will also meet Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä.

Inquiries

  • Reetta Härönoja, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, tel. +358 295 350 740
  • Mikael Långström, Team Leader, Unit for South-Eastern Europe and EU Enlargement, tel. +358 295 351 371
  • The email addresses of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are in the format [email protected]