Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos to visit Finland

Press release 201/2011
22 August 2011

Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos will visit Finland on 22–23 August.

During his visit Foreign Minister Santos will meet his Finnish counterpart Erkki Tuomioja. Their discussions will deal with bilateral relations between the two countries, Nicaraguan and Central American development and EU issues.

Discussions with Ambassador Anne Sipiläinen, recently appointed as Undersecretary of State responsible for development cooperation and development policy, will focus on development cooperation between the two countries. Nicaragua is among Finland’s longest standing partners in development cooperation.

The Foreign Minister’s programme includes a visit to Parliament where he will meet Timo Soini, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Inquiries: Juha Virtanen, Head of the Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, tel. +358 9 1605 6360, Tapio Pyysalo, Attaché, tel. +358 9 1605 6053