Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission 2026
Heads of Finland’s missions abroad and foreign policy leaders will meet at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission in Helsinki on 24–26 August.
- Press release 19 August, 2026: Heads of Finland’s missions abroad to gather for annual meeting in Helsinki
- Watch live streams and recorded public speeches on YouTube. Please note that speeches are delivered in Finnish. Text versions in English will be added to the programme below as they become available.
- The Foreign Ministry will post meeting updates using the hashtag #SLSK2026 on social media channels
- Photographs of the meeting will be available on the Finnish Government’s Flickr account
Public parts of the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission
Speech recordings and media events are in Finnish. Written versions of the speeches are in English
Monday, 24 August |
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09.00–09.15 |
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09.15–09.45 |
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen (section ca. 20.00-47.00 in the recording) |
10.30–10.45 |
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11.00–11.30 |
Speech by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio |
12.15 |
Media event by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio |
14.00–14.30 |
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15.00 |
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15.15–15.30 |
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16.00 |
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Tuesday, 25 August |
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09.00–09.15 |
Speech by Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering Joakim Strand |
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Speech by Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Henna Virkkunen |
11.45 |
Media event by Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Henna Virkkunen |
13.30–14.00 |
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14.45 |
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Wednesday, 26 August |
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09.00–09.15 |
Speech by Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz, responsible for Nordic cooperation
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10.00–10.15 |
Speech by Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto
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