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24.4.2026 | Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz will visit Brunei on 27–28 April 2026 to represent Finland at the ASEAN–EU foreign ministers’ meeting.

24.4.2026 | Ministern för nordiskt samarbete och undervisningsminister Anders Adlercreutz besöker Brunei den 27–28 april 2026 och representerar Finland vid EU–ASEAN-utrikesministermötet.

24.4.2026 | Pohjoismaisen yhteistyön ministeri ja opetusministeri Anders Adlercreutz vierailee Bruneissa 27.-28.4.2026 ja edustaa Suomea ASEAN-EU-ulkoministerikokouksessa.

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13.12.2022 | In its meeting today, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined Finland’s positions for the European Council on 15 December and the EU-ASEAN summit on 14 December, both of which will take place in Brussels. The Ministerial Committee was also briefed on the use of funds frozen as a result of sanctions against Russia to support the reconstruction of Ukraine.

12.12.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin will attend two meetings in Brussels this week: the EU-ASEAN summit on 14 December and the European Council on 15 December.

14.12.2022 | Prime Minister Sanna Marin attended the first summit of the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN in Brussels today.

Finland's EU policy The European Union is Finland’s most important political and economic frame of reference and community of values. The basic stance of Finland’s EU policy is to further develop the European Union and to promote growth, stability...

22.10.2025 | Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will visit Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Singapore on 24–28 October. The three areas of focus for the visit are Finland’s accession to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), the promotion of economic cooperation and investments, and dialogue on network security. Minister Valtonen will have high-level meetings with the countri...

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Valtioneuvoston tiedotteet Ministeriöt viestivät avoimesti asioiden valmistelusta, päätöksenteosta ja päätösten vaikutuksista. Merkittävistä asioista viestitään yleensä vähintään tiedotteella. Valtioneuvoston verkkopalvelu kokoaa yhteen kaikkien m...

12.12.2022 | Pääministeri Sanna Marin osallistuu Brysselissä 14. joulukuuta EU–ASEAN-huippukokoukseen ja Eurooppa-neuvostoon 15. joulukuuta.

19.11.2025 | The EU foreign ministers will convene for a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 20 November. Finland’s Permanent Representative to the European Union, Jori Arvonen, will represent Finland at the meeting.

13.12.2022 | EU-ministerutskottet enades i dag om riktlinjerna inför Europeiska rådets möte den 15 december och jubileumstoppmötet EU–Asean den 14 december. Ministerutskottet fick också en översikt över hur tillgångar som frysts med stöd av sanktionerna mot Ryssland används för återuppbyggnadsarbete i Ukraina.

14.12.2022 | Pääministeri Sanna Marin osallistui tänään Brysselissä EU:n ja Kaakkois-Aasian maiden yhteistyöjärjestö ASEAN:in ensimmäiseen huippukokoukseen.

13.12.2022 | Hallituksen EU-ministerivaliokunta sopi tänään toimintalinjasta Eurooppa-neuvostoon (15.12.) ja EU–ASEAN-huippukokoukseen (14.12.). Ministerivaliokunta sai myös tilannekatsauksen Venäjään kohdistuvien pakotteiden myötä jäädytettyjen varojen käyttämisestä Ukrainan jälleenrakennukseen.

14.12.2022 | Statsminister Sanna Marin deltog i dag i det första toppmötet mellan EU och Sydostasiatiska nationers förbund Asean i Bryssel.