Foreign Minister Rinkēvičs of Latvia to be the foreign guest at the Annual Meeting of Finnish Heads of Mission
Press Release 174/2013
25 August 2013
Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs of Latvia will be the keynote speaker at the Annual Meeting of Finnish Heads of Mission in Helsinki on 26 August. Minister Rinkēvičs will speak at the Annual Meeting in place of Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil, whose visit to Finland is cancelled owing to his other duties.
Some of the speeches given at the Annual Meeting will be broadcast live on the Foreign Ministry’s website, at http://formin.finland.fi.
Live broadcasts, which will also be available later as recorded webcasts:
Monday, 26 August
12:00 Speech by Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb(Link to another website.)
14:45 Speech by Minister for International Development (Link to another website.)Heidi Hautala(Link to another website.)
Tuesday, 27 August
9:00 Speech by President of the Republic (Link to another website.)Sauli Niinistö(Link to another website.)
10:15 Speech by Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen(Link to another website.)
The Annual Meeting can also be followed on Twitter at #slsk13 and on the Facebook pages of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at www.facebook.com/ulkoministerio(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window).
The videos, speeches and press releases of the Annual Meeting will be available on the Ministry’s website at a later time.
Additional information: Director Keijo Norvanto, Unit for Communications, tel. +358 295 351 351