Foreign Ministry's press releases

Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb has today appointed a working group to draft Finland’s action plan on economic external affairs, mentioned in the Government Programme.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is revising the activities of Europe Information and will gradually give up nearly all its regional information offices, concentrating activities within the Ministry.

Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, 9 September.

On Friday, 2 September, Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja has served for 3,000 days as a minister. Tumioja began his ministerial career as Minister of Trade and Industry under the second Government led by Prime Minister Lipponen on 15 April 1999.

Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will take part in the Informal EU Foreign Ministers Meeting in Gymnich format, held in Sopot, Poland on 2–3 September.

The Nordic and Baltic countries have today signed a memorandum of understanding on the locating of diplomats at each other’s missions abroad. The memorandum will make it easier for the Nordic and Baltic countries to maintain a diplomatic presence around the world by enabling flexible and cost-effective solutions.

On Monday, 29 August, the President of the Republic and the Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the situation in Libya and the measures taken by the international community to alleviate the crisis. In Finland, preparations are underway to provide humanitarian assistance to the region, and Finland is ready to consider participation in efforts to stabilise the crisis.

On Monday 29 August in Helsinki, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb will meet Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the German Foreign Office.

At the beginning of September, 23 new heads of mission will assume their posts in Finland’s embassies and permanent diplomatic missions. Before embarking on their new assignment, they attended the Annual Meeting of Finnish Heads of Mission, held in Helsinki during the last week of August.

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