Northern Group's ministerial meeting

Ministry of Defence

21.5.2024 13.33 | Published in English on 21.5.2024 at 13.40

Press release

The ministerial meeting of the Northern Group will be held in Palanga, Lithuania on 22 to 23 May 2024.

Permanent Secretary Esa Pulkkinen from the Ministry of Defence will represent Finland on behalf of Minister Antti Häkkänen.

Northern Group that provides a forum for addressing security in Northern Europe consists of the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland and Germany.

The security situation in the neighbouring areas and support to Ukraine will be on the agenda of the Northern Group meeting. The meeting will be hosted by Lithuania.

Inquiries: Senior Specialist Olli-Pekka Anttila, tel. +358 295 140 128, and Head of Communications Kristian Vakkuri for communications matters, tel. +358 295 140 123.

Northern Group's ministerial meeting

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