President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss NATO defence ministers’ meeting and border security situation at Finland’s eastern border

Government Communications Department

9.2.2024 12.13 | Published in English on 9.2.2024 at 13.11

Press release 67/2024

In their meeting on Friday 9 February, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discussed the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence taking place on 15 February.

The President and the Ministerial Committee also discussed the border security situation at Finland’s eastern border.

Inquiries: Petri Hakkarainen, Director General, tel. +358 295 351 130, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Janne Kuusela, Director General, tel. +358 295 140 300, Ministry of Defence; Kirsi Pimiä, Permanent Secretary, tel. +358 295 488 203, Ministry of the Interior

President and Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy discuss NATO defence ministers’ meeting and border security situation at Finland’s eastern border

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