Minister Kaikkonen to take part in Northern Group's defence minister meeting

On Wednesday 20 May 2020, Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend a ministerial meeting of the Northern Group. The meeting will be hosted by Latvia. The ministers will be meeting in a video conference.

They will discuss the impacts of Covid-19 on the defence forces, Military Mobility, strategic communications and cooperation in exercises.

Apart from the Nordic countries and the Baltic States, the Northern Group consists of the Netherlands, Great Britain, Poland and Germany.

Inquiries: Special Adviser Anton Staffans, tel. +358 295 140 053, on the meeting; and Head of Communications Kristian Vakkuri, tel. +358 295 140 123, on the communications of the meeting.