Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to NATO defence minister meeting

Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will participate in NATO's defence minister meeting on Wednesday 15 April 2020. Due to the coronavirus situation, the meeting will be organised via video connection. In addition to the NATO countries, the Finnish and Swedish defence ministers and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell have been invited to the meeting.

The meeting will focus on NATO's response to the outbreak of the coronavirus causing COVID-19 and the effects of the pandemic on defence.

Inquiries: Senior Advisor Outi Nieminen about the agenda of the meeting, tel. +358 295 140079, and Head of Communications Kristian Vakkuri on communications, tel. +358 295 140123.