Current affairs

Seven high-level representatives of the Namibian regional and local administration are making a five-day educational trip to Finland on 9-13 February, learning about the activities of municipal and provincial administration and organisations looking after their interests. The delegation is chaired by Jerry Ekandjo, minister responsible for Namibia’s local and regional administration, who will meet his Finnish colleague Mari Kiviniemi during the visit.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen stresses the application of new instruments in Finland’s development cooperation. “In Namibia the new means of our development cooperation have been received extremely well, and they have yielded positive results.” This came out when Väyrynen met with Nahas Angula, Prime Minister of Namibia, during his visit to Namibia on 16–17 October.

Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, will travel to Mozambique and Namibia on 14–17 October. The visit to Mozambique will take place on 14–16 October and the visit to Namibia on 16–17 October. The trip focuses on development cooperation, but another objective is to promote Finland’s trade relations with the two countries.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen and Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula discussed development of cooperation between Finland and Namibia on Tuesday, 17 June. “The quality of cooperation between Finland and Namibia is changing because of the increase in income level in Namibia”, Väyrynen said. In the past Namibia was one of Finland’s central development cooperation partners.