Новости за 21.03.2016

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is currently preparing the Report on Finnish Foreign and Security Policy in cooperation with the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of the Interior and the Office of the President of the Republic. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and local partners of cooperation will co-organise four seminars where the themes of the report can be discus

Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will meet Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir in Helsinki on Wednesday, 23 March. The topics of the meeting will include several topical matters, such as EU cooperation to manage the migration and refugee crisis, Turkey's EU membership process, the Syria crisis, and the reunification negotiations of Cyprus.

Tuesday, 22 March marks the annual UN World Water Day. World Water Day will be celebrated at the House of the Estates (Snellmaninkatu 9–11) in Helsinki by a wider and more international event than before. The seminars belong to the programme of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of Ministers, whose one main theme is water.