Current affairs
12.4.2012
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2.12.2011
Common Security and Defence Policy took a step forward
At their meeting on Thursday, the EU Foreign Ministers reached agreement on progress towards a more efficient Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Britain abandoned its previous opposing stand, and the Foreign Ministers were able to endorse conclusions on the CSDP. “The solution wasn’t found yesterday evening, or last night, but in the morning we reached agreement,” said Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja to Finnish correspondents in Brussels.
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15.11.2011
Iran and Syria the main topics at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting
According to Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, concerns over the Iranian nuclear programme have increased with the IAEA report. Any ideas about a potential unilateral military strike against Iran are inacceptable. “The consequences of a military strike could be regionally and globally destructive,” Tuomioja underscored at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday 14 November.
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5.4.2011
Where are you heading, the Arab world?
A thriving democracy or an old oligarchy with new leaders? No one can know what will be the final outcome of the popular uprisings in the Arab countries. This was the opinion shared by the participants in the open discussion organised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at the House of the Estates on Monday, 4 April. In the event, Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb and Finnish ambassadors expressed their views of the happenings in the Arab World.
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27.7.2010
Iran and Kosovo top the Foreign Affairs Council’s agenda
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council convened in Brussels on Monday, 26 July. These were the last Councils of Ministers meetings before the summer break, and the agenda items generating the most discussion and debate on the day were the EU’s Iran sanctions and the Western Balkans. Finland was represented at the Councils by Permanent Representative Jan Store.
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