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Prime Minister Sipilä to an informal European Council meeting

Government Communications Department
Publication date 21.2.2018 10.35 | Published in English on 21.2.2018 at 12.25
Press release 82/2018

On Friday 23 February Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will attend an informal European Council meeting and the International High-Level Conference on Sahel in Brussels. On Thursday evening he will join the other EU Heads of State and Government for an informal dinner.

On the agenda at the European Council are institutional questions and the next Multiannual Financial Framework of the EU.

At the Conference on Sahel the aim is to obtain financial pledges for a joint military force of five states in the Sahel region to enhance stability of the region.

Finland to support security troops in the Sahel region (Press release 21.2.)

Inquiries: Kare Halonen, State Secretary, EU Affairs, tel. +358 295 160 319, Jani Raappana, Special Adviser (international affairs), tel. +358 50 566 7889 and Anne Sjöholm, Head of Communications for EU Affairs, tel. +358 40 537 0733, Prime Minister’s Office