Foreign Minister Soini visits Latvia

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

11.1.2016 13.51

Press release 4/2016

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Latvia and meet the Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs in Riga on Wednesday 13 January. The topics of the Ministers' bilateral discussions will include the bilateral relations between Finland and Latvia, regional cooperation, migration and other topical international issues.

Minister Soini will also have bilateral discussions with the President of Latvia, Raimonds Vējonis, and with Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma.

Inquiries: Kaisa Honka-Hallila, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, tel. +358 295 351 780 and Hanna Nissinen Counsellor, Unit for Northern Europe, tel. +358 295 351 487.

Timo Soini

Foreign Minister Soini visits Latvia

See also

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