MFA: Minister Haavisto attends NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting

The meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held on 1–2 December 2020. Finland, Sweden, Australia, South Korea, Japan and New Zealand from among the NATO partner countries and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy have been invited to attend the meeting on 2 December. Finland will be represented by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto.

The video conference is organised to discuss China. With China’s global role growing, its activities are being assessed by various stakeholders, including NATO. Finland considers it important that NATO and its partner countries maintain a good dialogue in questions relating to the security environment.

Inquiries:

Otto Turtonen, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 295 350 015 

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.