MFA: Three Ministers from the Foreign Ministry at SuomiAreena in Pori

MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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Press release 136/2016
12 July 2016

Three Ministers from the Foreign Ministry at SuomiAreena in Pori

The Foreign Ministry will have a day of its own at the SuomiAreena event in Pori on Wednesday, 13 July. There will be a variety of public events in which questions related to Finland's foreign relations will be clarified. The three Ministers from the Foreign Ministry, Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykkänen and Minister for Nordic Cooperation Anne Berner will discuss current affairs on the Antinkatu 5 stage from 13.30 to 14.45.

The debate will be hosted by Press and Culture Counsellor Merja Sundström. The Foreign Ministry will also be present at the Baltic Sea market at Pori Market Square. Minister for Foreign Affairs Soini will participate in an event organised in support of the Baltic Sea. He will be interviewed by the Ministry's Baltic Sea Ambassador Erja Tikka on the MTV stage between 11.00 and 11.20. Café Ambassadeur will be open from 12.00 to 13.00 at Fazer's pop-up café on Yrjönkatu 12. Diplomacy and the role of embassies in the digital age will be the theme of a discussion between Ambassadors Pekka Hyvönen, Pekka Huhtaniemi, Jukka Siukosaari and Erja Tikka. The discussion will be hosted by Press and Culture Counsellor Merja Sundström.

During the day, the Ministers will take part in a number of other events, too.  Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Mykkänen will participate, among other things, in an event on the future of democracy. This will take place at the shopping centre Puuvilla on Siltakatu 14 from 10.00 to 11.15. 

Minister for Nordic Cooperation Berner will participate in a debate focusing on prolonged careers in the Nordic labour market in the future, held on the Antinkatu 5 stage from 11.45 to 13.00. Foreign Minister Soini will discuss the future of Europe with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat of Malta on the Antinkatu 5 stage from 15.15 to 16.30. The theme of the discussion will be What Next, Europe? The First Maltese EU Presidency in 2017.

The Ministers will also be available to the media during the day. The three Ministers will open the Foreign Ministry's day at an event organised for media representatives in the morning.

Foreign Minister Soini will be interviewed on MTV's Huomenta Suomi show at 08.30 and will be present at a discussion between foreign policy veterans on SuomiAreena from 17.00 to 18.00. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Mykkänen will be on Radio Pori at 12.50 and on a live SuomiAreena Special broadcast on MTV at 19.30.

You can keep up to date with the events by signing up on the Foreign Ministry's Facebook and Twitter accounts. Follow #UMPori to read the Ministry's comments from Pori.

Additional information: Juhana Tuomola, Communications Officer, tel. +358 40 510 7529 and Outi Koskinen, Communications Officer, tel. +358 40 510 7515, Unit for Communications on Europe and Neighbouring Areas

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