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25.3.2026
Opening Words by Foreign Minister Valtonen at the Launch of the Millennium Technology Prize
Opening words by Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen at the Launch of the Millennium Technology Prize on 25 March 2026 in Helsinki.
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25.2.2026
Statement by Permanent State Secretary Salovaara at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 61st session
Statement by Permanent State Secretary Jukka Salovaara at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 61st session
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24.2.2026
Statement by Minister Elina Valtonen, Reinforced Permanent Council of the OSCE
Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen, Reinforced Permanent Council of the OSCE, 24 February 2026.
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9.12.2025
Statement by Minister Valtonen at the UN Security Council meeting
Statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen at the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, 8 December 2025.
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5.12.2025
Closing statement at the OSCE Ministerial Council
Closing statement by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen, delivered by Vice Minister Pasi Rajala at the Closing Session of the OSCE Ministerial Council 5 December 2025.
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4.12.2025
Opening remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the OSCE Ministerial Council
Opening remarks by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna 4 December 2025.
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28.11.2025
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Tavio’s speech at the opening ceremony of the Shelter Coalition in Kyiv
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio spoke at the opening ceremony of the Shelter Coalition in Kyiv on 27 November 2025.
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20.11.2025
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio's speech at UNICEF's Sustainable Stock Exchanges event on 20 November 2025 at the Helsinki Stock Exchange Building
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio's speech at UNICEF's Sustainable Stock Exchanges event on 20 November 2025 at the Helsinki Stock Exchange Building.
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29.10.2025
Lecture by Minister Elina Valtonen at the IISS in Singapore
As part of the lecture series "Raffles lecture" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore Minister Elina Valtonen delivered the following speech on 28th October 2025.
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17.10.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Valtonen at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik
Opening Remarks by Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik on 16 October 2025.
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6.10.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Valtonen at the annual Warsaw Human Dimension Conference of the OSCE
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the annual Warsaw Human Dimension Conference of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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23.9.2025
Speech by Minister Ville Tavio at the Opening Session of the Second Global School Meals Coalition Summit
Speech by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio at the Opening Session of the Second Global School Meals Coalition Summit on 18 September 2025, in Fortaleza Brasil.
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11.9.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the OSCE Chairpersonship Climate Forum
Opening Remarks by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen, at the OSCE Chairpersonship Forum, Building a Resilient Future in a Changing Climate, in Prague on 11 September 2025.
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27.8.2025
Minister for Nordic Cooperation Anders Adlercreutz's speech at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission 2025
"I’m glad to see strong momentum for Nordic cooperation. Our goal is a united and strong Nordic region that benefits us all."
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25.8.2025
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio's speech at the 2025 annual meeting of Heads of Mission
"Finland is advancing the interests of Finland and Finnish businesses in a proactive and forward-looking way, also in the midst of ongoing changes."
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25.8.2025
Speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission
"Our task is to promote a world in which as many people as possible—regardless of country of birth and circumstances—can live their lives safely and freely, and be happy. That is Finland’s story."
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25.8.2025
Opening address by State Secretary Jukka Salovaara at Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission 2025
"We are living through an exceptionally powerful transformation on the international scene. In the current challenging operational environment, we need a strong Foreign Service to promote Finland’s interests."
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31.7.2025
Closing Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the Helsinki+50 Conference
Closing Remarks by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen, at the Helsinki+50 Conference, held at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on 31 July 2025.
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31.7.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the Helsinki+50 Conference
Opening Remarks by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen, at the Helsinki+50 Conference, held at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki on 31 July 2025.
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29.7.2025
Speech by Permanent State Secretary Salovaara at the conference on the Implementation of the Two-State Solution
Speech by Permanent State Secretary Jukka Salovaara at the UN Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, New York 29 July 2025.
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25.6.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the OSCE's Annual Security Review Conference
Opening Remarks by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen at the OSCE's Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna 25 June 2025.
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12.6.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen, Conference on Climate and Security
Opening Remarks by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen, OSCE Chairpersonship Conference on Climate and Safety in Hanaholmen, Espoo 11 June 2025.
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2.4.2025
Opening speech by Minister Tavio at the the Least Developed Countries Future Forum
Opening Statement, LDC Future Forum 1 April 2025, Lusaka, Zambia Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio
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13.3.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen at the Helsinki Roundtable on AI and International Security
Opening Remarks by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen at the Helsinki Roundtable on AI and International Security at Aalto University on 13 March 2025.
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4.3.2025
Speech by Minister Valtonen in London, at an event hosted by Chatham House
Speech by Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen about Finland’s approach to European security at an event entitled "Keeping the peace on NATO’s longest border with Russia", hosted by Chatham House on 4 March 2025.
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26.2.2025
Opening Remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen, Reinforced Permanent Council of the OSCE
Opening Remarks by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen, Reinforced Permanent Council of the OSCE, 24 February 2025.
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26.2.2025
Opening Remarks at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Winter meeting
Opening Remarks at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Winter meeting on 20 February 2025 by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ms Elina Valtonen, were delivered by Permanent Representative, Ambassador Vesa Häkkinen.
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10.2.2025
Keynote Speech by Minister Elina Valtonen, Conference on Addressing Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region
Keynote Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, Chairperson-in-office of the OSCE, Conference on Addressing Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region, 10 February 2025
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3.2.2025
Opening remarks by Minister Elina Valtonen, National Opening of Finland’s OSCE Chairpersonship
Opening remarks by Elina Valtonen, Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, National Opening Event of Finland’s OSCE Chairpersonship, Finlandia Hall, 3 February, 2025
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29.1.2025
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23.1.2025
Statement by Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland at the Permanent Council of the OSCE
Statement by Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland at the Permanent Council of the OSCE, January 23, 2025.
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13.12.2024
Opening speech by Minister Tavio at the launch event of the OECD DAC Peer review on 13 December, 2024
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
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11.12.2024
Opening remarks at OSCE Ministerial Council side-event Achieving Gender Equality across the OSCE, on 5 December, 2024
Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen’s speech was delivered by Ambassador Jouni Laaksonen.
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25.9.2024
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23.9.2024
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23.9.2024
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23.9.2024
NB8 speech on Human Rights Situation in Belarus, delivered by Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Elina Valtonen delivered the Nordic-Baltic speech at the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 23 September 2024.
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21.9.2024
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19.9.2024
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28.8.2024
Minister for Nordic Cooperation Anders Adlercreutz’s speech at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission
Minister Anders Adlercreutz: "For us, it is important to strengthen the Nordic countries’ resilience to crisis and to promote comprehensive and wide-ranging preparedness for various crises and hybrid threats."
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26.8.2024
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29.5.2024
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24.4.2024
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21.3.2024
Speech by Minister Valtonen at FIIA Forum 2024 20 March 2024
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the FIIA (Finnish Institute of International Affairs) Forum on 20 March 2024.
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7.3.2024
Closing remarks by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio at the LDC Future Forum in Helsinki
Distinguished ministers, Under Secretary-General, Permanent representatives, dear friends, It is my great pleasure and honor to close the second LDC Future Forum in Helsinki.
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5.3.2024
Opening speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the LDC Future Forum in Helsinki
Distinguished Ministers, Under-Secretary General, Permanent Representatives, Excellencies, dear Guests,
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