Foreign Minister of Kosovo visits Finland

Press release 69/2014
24 March 2014

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo Enver Hoxhaj will visit Finland on 26 March and meet Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.

In addition to the bilateral relations between Finland and Kosovo, the Foreign Ministers will discuss, for example, Kosovo’s closer EU association, the regional relations and cooperation in the Western Balkans, and current foreign policy issues, such as the situation in Ukraine.

During his visit, Foreign Minister Hoxhaj will also meet Minister for International Development Pekka Haavisto and Chair of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Timo Soini. Furthermore, Minister Hoxhaj wil give a lecture at the Aleksanteri Institute under the rubric "Post-Ukraine Europe: What does it mean for the Balkans?"

Additional information: Tero Shemeikka, Press Attaché to the Foreign Minister, tel. +358 295 351 508; and Aleksi Vakkuri, Counsellor, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans, tel. +358 295 351 530