2022
Minister of Defence Kaikkonen to attend NATO defence minister meeting
Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen will attend a working session of the NATO Minister of Defence meeting on Wednesday 16 March 2022 to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally altered the European security environment. As a result, Finland has further intensified cooperation with NATO and other defence cooperation partners. I look forward to an important and serious discussion on the security situation in Ukraine.”
In addition to the NATO countries, Finnish, Swedish, Ukrainian and Georgian defence ministers and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell have been invited to the meeting. The meeting will be held at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
Inquiries: Special Adviser Outi Nieminen on the meeting’s agenda, tel. +358 295 140 079, and Head of Communications Kristian Vakkuri on communications of the meeting, tel. +358 295 140 123. Requests for interviews: Miikka Pynnönen, Special Adviser to the Minister of Defence, tel. +358 295 140 117.