MFA: Ministers Haavisto and Skinnari to co-host 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva

At the conference, the Afghan Government and the international community will determine their shared commitments to the development and stability of Afghanistan in 2021–2024. The conference coincides with an important period of time from the point of view of the future of Afghanistan, because the historic Afghan-Taliban peace talks started in September in Doha.

In addition to the Finnish Ministers, Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and Afghan Minister of Finance Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal will be present in Geneva. UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons will speak on behalf of the United Nations.

The two-day programme includes bilateral meetings between ministers and the Government of Switzerland and representatives of international organisations based in Geneva.

A live webcast of the conference will be available on the United Nations website.

Inquiries:

Otto Turtonen, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 50 514 5811

Mikko Autti, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, tel. +358 295 350 034

Johanna Kaprio, Communications Coordinator, Finnish Secretariat of the 2020 Afghanistan Conference, tel. +358 50 522 8916

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