Foreign Minister Gryschenko of Ukraine to visit Finland

Press release 216/2011
26 August 2011

Kostyantyn Gryschenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, will visit Finland on 29 August. He will meet with Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja and Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb. Foreign Minister Gryschenko will also attend the informal dinner of the Nordic and Baltic countries, the NB8.

The topics of discussion will be bilateral relations between Finland and Ukraine, the internal political situation in Ukraine, relations between Ukraine and the EU as well as the Eastern Partnership of the EU.

Additional information: Katja Pehrman, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 9 1605 5005, and Counsellor Päivi Peltokoski, tel. +358 9 1605 6095, mobile tel. +358 40 578 6096