2019
Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to Brussels
Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend a working dinner as part of a meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels on 24 October 2019.
The theme of the working dinner is to combat hybrid threats and improve crisis resilience. In addition, the ministers are to discuss the readiness to meet the challenges posed by 5G from the perspective of cyber defence. Finland will attend the dinner together with Sweden and the EU.
While in Brussels, Minister Kaikkonen will also have a bilateral meeting with French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly. The ministers are to discuss topical defence policy issues.
On 25 October, the Resolute Support Mission meeting will be organised in Brussels. In addition to NATO member countries, representatives from the countries participating in the operation in Afghanistan have been invited. Minister Kaikkonen will not be able to attend and therefore NATO Ambassador Klaus Korhonen will represent Finland at this meeting.
Inquiries: Special Adviser Outi Nieminen on the topics of the NATO working dinner, tel. +358 295 140079; and Senior Advisor Kristian Vakkuri on communications related to the visit, tel. +358 295 140123.