MFA: Minister for Foreign Affairs Haavisto attends meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council

The ongoing conflicts in the OSCE region, especially the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the political and human-rights situation in Belarus, and the Ukraine conflict will be discussed at the meeting. Finland emphasises the implementation of the OSCE commitments and the use of OSCE instruments to help resolve the conflicts in the region.

The OSCE is a central forum for European security. The activities of the OSCE are based on the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which was signed 45 years ago, in 1975, in Helsinki.

Inquiries:

Jeri Aalto, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 50 472 0725

Sari Rautio, Director of the Unit for Security Policy and Crisis Management, tel. +358 295 351 534.

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