Unit for East and Southeast Asia and Oceania
Unit for East and Southeast Asia and Oceania deals with Finland’s relations with the countries in East and Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Countries
- Australia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Brunei(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Cambodia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- China(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Fiji(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Indonesia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Japan(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Kiribati(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Laos(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Malaysia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Marshall Islands(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Micronesia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Mongolia(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Nauru(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- New Zealand(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- North Korea(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Palau(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Papua New Guinea(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Philippines(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Samoa(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Singapore(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Solomon Islands(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- South Korea(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Thailand(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Timor-Leste(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Tonga(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Tuvalu(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Vanuatu(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window),
- Vietnam(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)
- ASA-10@gov.fi
Personnel

Arto Haapea
Director
- +358 295 350 416
Eveliina Sirola
Trainee
- +358 295 350 071
East Asia team
Marja Kuosmanen
Team Leader
East Asia, China's political affairs, North Korea
- +358 295 350 110
Eevamaria Mielonen
Project Officer
China’s foreign and security policy
- +358 295 350 057
Teemu Laakkonen
Desk Officer
Eveliina Saarinen
Desk Officer
Japan, South Korea
- +358 295 350 891
Southeast Asia and Oceania Team
Helena Vuokko
Team Leader
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
- +358 295 350 131
Ari Heikkinen
Senior Adviser
Regional matters
- +358 295 351 390
Sanna Halinen-Kaira
Desk Officer
- +358 295 350 562
Lotta Pennanen
Programme Officer
Programme Officer, development cooperation in Vietnam, coordination of development cooperation in the Unit for Eastern Asia and Oceania
- +358 295 350 793
Eemeli Heikkilä
Specialist
Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Timor-Leste
- +358 295 350 377
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.