Speeches
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 55th session
Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 55th session on 26 February 2024.
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Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the Hudson Institute 18 December 2023
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the Hudson Insitute in Washington, D.C. on 18 December 2023.
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Speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the Europe Forum
Turku 1.9.2023 “Politics of the Zeitenwende: The Baltic Sea, Europe and the Transatlantic Alliance”
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Minister Anna-Maja Henriksson's speech at the ambassadors' meeting 2023
"The exceptional times we have been living in recent years have emphasised the importance of Nordic cooperation. Finland has also a lot to offer to other Nordic countries, and we should learn from others in many sectors of society. Through Nordic interaction, we will be able to effectively advance various matters," says minister Anna-Maja Henriksson in her speech.
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Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio's speech at the 2023 annual meeting of Heads of Mission
The focus of the Government Programme is on promoting exports and investments, which will support the access of Finnish companies to the growing markets, says Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio in his speech.
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Speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission
A new era has begun in Finland's foreign and security policy. NATO membership will strengthen not only our security, but also the stability of Northern Europe. Finland's strong defence capability and resilience will strengthen the whole Alliance, says Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen in her speech at the Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission.
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Foreign Minister Haavisto's keynote address at the Fletcher School Commencement
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto's keynote address at the Fletcher School Commencement May 21, 2023.
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Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 52nd session
Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto at the High-Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council's 52nd session on 27 February 2023.
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Opening statement by Minister Haavisto at the Universal Periodic Review of Finland at the UN Human Rights Council
Opening statement by Minister Pekka Haavisto at the Fourth Universal Periodic Review of Finland at the UN Human Rights Council on 9 November 2022.
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Foreign Minister Haavisto's speech at the annual meeting of the European Union Heads of Mission
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto was invited by the EU High Representative Joseph Borrell to address the European Union Heads of Mission.
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Foreign minister Haavisto's speech at Turku Europe Forum: Geopolitics and European Security in Transition – towards a new paradigm?
Keynote speech by foreign minister Pekka Haavisto at Europe Forum in Turku on 26th August 2022.
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Speech by Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari at Meeting of Heads of Mission 2022
"While Europe stands united in relation to Russia and in condemning military action, we must not ignore or forget Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria, Yemen and other countries where human rights or the social conditions for living a decent life are under threat. The global need for humanitarian aid is now greater than ever before. No single humanitarian crisis is more important than another. These are always matters of human distress."
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Minister Blomqvist’s speech at the Meeting of Heads of Mission 2022
"The strength of our collaboration has been visible during a time when our security policy has been under tremendous challenges. The Nordic countries have supported each other through close cooperation. The fact that all Nordic countries will soon be NATO members signifies a new era in Nordic collaboration. We must take advantage of the momentum we have gained and maintain it."
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Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto's speech at Annual Meeting of Heads of Mission 2022
"In times of crisis, decision-making capacity is weighed up. Through good cooperation between various actors, Finland has made the necessary foreign and security policy decisions. In the middle of difficult times, we have made rapid but deliberate progress."
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Speech by Permanent State Secretary Jukka Salovaara at the Meeting of Heads of Mission 2022
"The Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ important role and capacity to function become particularly emphasised in such exceptional times and transition points as those described above. In a time like this, when many of the basic factors of international politics are evolving rapidly, we do not need to question the importance of diplomacy."
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Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Friday 27 May 2022