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The UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held in New York on 10–19 July 2023. The Forum will discuss the acceleration of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda.
Finland will continue to impose restrictions on the travel by citizens of the Russian Federation on the basis of a government resolution issued on 6 July 2023. Non-essential travel by Russian citizens to Finland and through Finland to the rest of the Schengen area will continue to be restricted for the time being. At the same time, restrictions will be tightened for business travellers, property owners and students.
On 6 July 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation notified Ambassador of Finland Antti Helanterä of forthcoming expulsions. Russia also announced that it would cancel the authorisation of Finland's Consulate General in St Petersburg as of 1 October.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has convened a high-level tripartite meeting between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye to be held in Brussels on 6 July 2023.
Finland will assume the presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) on 1 July 2023 for one year.
The European Union introduces significant new instruments in its eleventh package of restrictive measures against Russia to prevent circumvention and evasion of sanctions, particularly through third countries. These instruments include several facilities for targeting sanctions against parties that circumvent sanctions and assist in such circumvention. Export bans, bans on transit through Russia and individual sanctions lists are expanded.
EU foreign ministers will convene in Luxembourg on 26 June. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will represent Finland at the meeting.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will make her first visit to Sweden on Wednesday 21 June and Estonia on Thursday 22 June.
The UN Human Rights Council convenes for its 53rd Regular Session from 19 June to 14 July in Geneva, Switzerland.
The fourth meeting of the Permanent Joint Mechanism between Finland, Sweden and Türkiye took place in Ankara on 14 June. It was held between senior officials from Finland, Sweden, Türkiye and the NATO Secretariat.