MFA: Minister for Foreign Affairs Soini to Croatia

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Croatia on Monday 3 September. He will have meetings with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Marija Pejčinović Burić and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.  Their discussions will focus on the bilateral relations between Finland and Croatia and topical international questions. Another central matter during the visit will be the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which will be handed over from Croatia to Finland in November this year.

Finland and Croatia have common issues also because of the forthcoming cooperation in the Presidency Trio of the Council of the European Union. Croatia's Presidency of the Council of the European Union will start on 1 January 2020 after Finland. A significant part of the content of the Presidency of the European Union will consist of the Trio programme, which Finland is currently preparing in cooperation with Romania and Croatia. The cooperation with Croatia in connection with matters concerning the EU Presidency may offer also other opportunities for collaboration. Economic cooperation and investments, in particular, should be further developed in many sectors.

The Council of Europe is an intergovernmental organisation, whose main task is to safeguard and develop human rights, pluralistic democracy, and the rule of law.

Inquiries: Katja Kalamäki, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, tel. +358 295 351 518 ja Unna Mustalampi, Desk Officer, Unit for South-Eastern Europe, tel. +358 295 350 271.

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