Foreign Ministry's press releases

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will attend the Community of Democracies Governing Council Ministerial, hosted by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, held in Washington, DC, on 15 September. The topics on the meeting agenda will include fight against terrorism and the situation in North Korea.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen will attend an informal meeting of ministers for development in Tallinn on 11 September.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Geneva on 11–12 September.  The Minister will attend the Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

On 7 September, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen is attending the main event celebrating Finland’s 100 at the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology in Oslo.

According to the Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini, analysing threats and risks and assessing the vulnerabilities of societies are important in countering hybrid threats.

An informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (Gymnich) will be held in Tallinn on 7 and 8 September. Finland’s representative at the meeting will be Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini. The topics on the Council’s agenda will include development of EU's defence cooperation, working methods of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, North Korea, the Middle East Peace Process and countering radicalisation and violent extremism.

Minister for Nordic Cooperation Anne Berner will attend a meeting of the Ministers for Nordic Cooperation in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 5 September 2017.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will meet Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström in connection with the Hanalys Conference on cooperation in foreign and security policy matters, organised at Hanaholmen, Espoo, on 6 September 2017.

Foreign Minister Timo Soini strongly condemns the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 3 September. Nuclear test especially in the present circumstances of increased tensions is a very dangerous and irresponsible act that will further aggravate the situation.

President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed North Korea and international terrorism.