Foreign Ministry's press releases

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland, Ms Lenita Toivakka, will make a Team Finland visit to Iran on 7–10 December 2015. She will be accompanied by a delegation of 70 representatives of Finnish companies. The members of the delegation represent companies in the fields of bioeconomy, environmentally clean technologies, ICT and construction.

Foreign Minister Timo Soini will take part in the Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Belgrade, Serbia, on 2–4 December. The key themes on the agenda of the Ministerial Council will be the situation in Ukraine and the OSCE's activities in the country, migration, the OSCE's combat against terrorism, as well as discussion on the development and reinforcement of the organisation.

The Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be organised at NATO Headquaters in Brussels on 1–2 December 2015. In connection with the meeting on 1 December, a Resolute Support (RS) meeting will be organised at the level of Foreign Ministers together with the nations contributing troops to the operation. Finland's representative in the meeting will be Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka will take part in the UN Climate Change Conference, which is organised in Paris on 30 November–11 December 2015. The Conference of the Parties (COP21) is to agree about a new universal climate convention. The Finnish delegation will be led by President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka will participate in the European Union Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) meeting in Brussels on Friday, 27 November.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will meet Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski of the newly elected Government of Poland in Helsinki on Wednesday 25 November.

On Friday 20 November, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the request for aid and assistance submitted by France following the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Under-Secretary of State for External Economic Relations Matti Anttonen will lead a Team Finland trade mission to Hungary on 22–24 November 2015.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will meet Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström in Helsinki on Tuesday 24 November.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka had a telephone conversation with the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak on 17 November 2015.