MFA: The Ministry for Foreign Affairs 100 years and Arctic cooperation – public event in Kittilä

The event will focus on Arctic matters and the Foreign Ministry's consular services. The following specialists will be present at the event: René Söderman, Senior Adviser for Arctic Affairs, Pasi Tuominen, Director General of Consular Services, and Ambassador Petri Salo from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Johanna Ekman, Project Manager from the Finnish Meteorological Institute's Arctic Space Centre, and County Governor Mika Riipi.

The public event will be held on 19 March from 16.30 to 18.30 in the Yläri auditorium of Kittilä upper comprehensive school, Valtatie 9 A. Read more about the public event on the website of the Kittilä municipality.  

The public event belongs to the series of meetings and events of the Arctic Week, which gathers  representatives of the Arctic Council, the World Meteorological Organization, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the European Commission and the the European External Action Service to Levi. 

Inquiries: Ambassador Petri Salo, tel. +358 295 351 018, and Tiina Tähtinen, Desk Officer responsible for the Foreign Ministry's centenary celebrations, tel. +358 295 351 765.

The Foreign Ministry’s email addresses are of the format firstname.lastname@formin.fi