Ambassadors and foreign policy leaders to gather in Helsinki
Press Release 172/2013
23 August 2013
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs will hold its Annual Meeting of Finnish Heads of Mission in Helsinki from 26 to 28 August. Some of the speeches given at the Annual Meeting will be broadcast live on the Ministry’s website, at http://formin.finland.fi(Link to another website.).
During the meeting nearly one hundred heads of diplomatic missions will discuss topical themes pertaining to Finland’s foreign, security and defence policy, economic external relations and development policy. Consular services and issues pertaining to the operations and future of the Foreign Service will also be discussed.
Live broadcasts, which will also be available later as recorded webcasts:
Monday, 26 August
11:00 Keynote speaker H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs(Link to another website.) (NB! Change of timetable and speaker)
12:00 Speech by Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb(Link to another website.) (NB! Change of timetable)
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