Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Kozhara visits Finland

Press Release 119/2013
23 May 2013

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Kozhara will visit Finland on 28 May at the invitation of Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.

The main topics of discussion between the Ministers will be the current status of the forthcoming European Union Association Agreement with Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Ministers also intend to discuss the EU relations in a larger extent, including the EU Eastern Partnership, human rights, and international and bilateral relations.

Minister Kozhara will also meet with Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Eero Heinäluoma, Chair of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Timo Soini, and Director General of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) Jyri Häkämies.

Additional information: Päivi Harju-Heikkilä, Press Attaché to the Foreign Minister, tel. +358 40 749 2687; and Commercial Counsellor Mia Hurtta from the Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, tel. +358 40 573 3206