Minister for Foreign Affairs Soini visits Moscow

Press release 105/2016
2 June 2016

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Moscow and hold bilateral discussions with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday, 6 June. The topics of the meeting will be the situation in Ukraine and in Syria, security developments in the Baltic Sea region, and other topical international questions.

The Ministers will also discuss bilateral matters between Finland and Russia and regional cooperation. During the visit Foreign Minister Soini will also meet representatives of civil society organisations.

Inquiries: Raili Lahnalampi, Chief of Foreign Minister Soini's Cabinet, tel. +358 50 550 7546, Vesa Vasara, Deputy Director General, tel. +358 295 351 723 and Kari Ahlberg, Press Counsellor, tel. +7 915 136 5198.

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