The Unit for European Common Foreign and Security Policy is responsible for:

• participating in the preparation of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and coordinating matters related to it in the Ministry and in the national preparation process
• preparations for the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meetings, and coordinating the guidance given by the EU Political and Security Committee (COPS/PSC) and the Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors (RELEX)
• tasks related to the work of the network of European Correspondents
• following the circulation of messages concerning the EU's CFSP in the protected COREU communication network between the EU member states and institutions, and sending Finland's COREU communications (templates are prepared in the departments)
• preparations for political consultations with EU member states
• informing the Finnish Parliament on matters concerning the EU's CFSP