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High Representative Mogherini and Secretary General Stoltenberg to Helsinki

Government Communications Department
Publication date 29.9.2017 13.37 | Published in English on 29.9.2017 at 15.02
Press release 439/2017

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Helsinki on 2 October to attend the opening of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats. They were invited by Prime Minister Sipilä.

Establishing the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki is part of the EU’s Joint Framework to counter hybrid threats and one of the measures to implement the EU-NATO Joint Declaration from 2016.

Prime Minister Sipilä, President of the Republic Niinistö, High Representative Mogherini and Secretary General Stoltenberg will have multilateral discussions during the day. Prime Minister Sipilä will also have bilateral discussions with High Representative Mogherini about topical EU issues.

Inquiries: Jani Raappana, Special Adviser (international affairs), tel. +358 295 160 306 and Anne Sjöholm, Head of Communications for EU Affairs, tel. +358 40 537 0733, Prime Minister’s Office