Foreign Ministry's press releases

Paavo Väyrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, will make an export promotion trip to India on 27–31 October. The purpose of the trip is to strengthen Finland’s profile as a country with a high level of expertise and an interesting investment site as well as to promote the marketing of Finnish know-how and the exportation of Finnish products and services to India, especially in the case of the companies represented in the business delegation.

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brussels on Tuesday, 26 October.

The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union will meet in Luxembourg on 25 October. One of the main topical issues for debate is the Middle East peace process. Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will represent Finland at the meeting.

The EU General Affairs Council (GAC) will meet in Brussels on Monday, 25 October. The Council will prepare the European Council meeting, to take place on 28-29 October, and discuss a request for an opinion on Serbia’s EU membership application. Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors and Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb will represent Finland at the meeting. Mr Stubb will handle questions relating to enlargement.

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will meet with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle in Berlin on Thursday, 21 October.

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen will attend the Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Development Cooperation in Brussels on 21–22 October. The agenda includes debate on the priorities and future trends of EU development policy within the new framework of the Lisbon Treaty.

Štefan Füle, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy, will visit Finland on 18 October at the invitation of Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb.

Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić of Serbia will visit Finland on 18 October at the invitation of Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb.

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb visited the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza on 14 October. The purpose of his trip was to form a view of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and to meet with representatives of aid organizations active in the region.Stubb thanked Israel and its efforts in June to relax the blockade of Gaza, but he also said that additional measures are needed. “The EU’s aim is complete dismantling of the blockade,” the foreign minister pointed out.

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will visit Gaza, the occupied Palestinian territory, tomorrow, Thursday 14 October.