MFA: Foreign Minister Haavisto to International Conference on Nuclear Security in Vienna

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an independent UN organisation created in 1957. It was set up to promote peaceful and safe use of nuclear energy and to contribute to ensuring that material under its supervision or control is not used in such a way as to further any military purpose. Finland has actively participated in international nuclear security cooperation within the IAEA and, among other things, coordinated the work of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT).

At the meetings, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will discuss not only matters related to nuclear security but also the bilateral relations between Finland and Austria, the situation in the Middle East, and the enlargement of the EU. Minister Haavisto will also meet IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly.

Inquiries: Otto Turtonen, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. + 35850 514 5811and Christian Heikkinen, Counsellor, tel. +358 50 447 7692.

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