Foreign Minister Soini visits Turkey
Press release 3/2017
10 January 2017
Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will visit Ankara on 10–12 January. Foreign Minister Soini will hold a speech at the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s Annual Ambassadors Conference on 11 January. This is the first time that a Finnish minister for foreign affairs has been invited to speak at the Turkish Ambassadors Conference.
Minister Soini will also meet Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Turkish state leadership.
The topics of discussions during the visit will include the bilateral relations between Finland and Turkey, Turkey's domestic situation, terrorism, the relations between the European Union and Turkey, Syria, the reunification negotiations of Cyprus, and topical regional questions.
The Minister will also have meetings with opposition and civil society representatives.
Inquiries: Matti Nissinen, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 40 590 7973 and Lauri Hirvonen, Counsellor, Unit for South-Eastern Europe, tel. +358 50 447 6391.
The Foreign Ministry’s email addresses are of the format [email protected]