NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg to Finland

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, will visit Finland on 4-5 March on the invitation of Prime Minister Alexander Stubb. In their meeting, Prime Minister Stubb and Secretary General Stoltenberg will discuss partnership cooperation between Finland and NATO, the situation in Ukraine and cooperation between the EU and NATO.

The press conference by the Prime Minister and the Secretary General will be broadcast live on Thursday 5 March at 14.00 at vn.fi/live.

During his visit in Finland, Secretary General Stoltenberg will also have meetings with Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja, Minister of Defence Carl Haglund and Speaker of Parliament Eero Heinäluoma together with representatives of the Parliamentary Defence Committee.

Inquiries: Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen, Special Adviser (International Affairs), tel. +358 40 7483 867; for media arrangements Maria Nurmi, Communications Specialist for International Affairs, tel. +358 50 408 4061, Prime Minister's Office; and for the programme of the Secretary General Antti Vänskä, Counsellor, tel. +358 295 351 796, Ministry for Foreign Affairs