Other members of the Estonian government taking part in the event will be Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu, Minister of Education and Research Tõnis Lukas, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut and Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Kristjan Järvan. Finland will be represented by the members of its government fulfilling the same functions.
Together the government representatives will focus on the implementation of the recommendations made in the report on the future of cooperation between Estonia and Finland. Issued in spring, the report provides a snapshot of the relationship between the two countries and recommendations regarding further opportunities for cooperation. The proposals primarily cover digital and green future issues, promotion of the economy and cooperation in the fields of education and culture. The report was drafted by Jaak Aaviksoo and Anne-Mari Virolainen. It can be found here.
In a separate meeting, Prime Minister Kallas plans to speak with Prime Minister Marin about energy-based and bilateral cooperation, security and NATO, European Union issues and support for Ukraine. Their joint press conference (in Estonian and Finnish) will start at 12:35 here.
At 13:30 Prime Minister Kallas will be giving a presentation at the influential Finnish foreign policy think tank the Paasikivi Society. It can be followed on the society’s website at www.paasikivi-seura.fi.
In a bilateral meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu and his Finnish counterpart Pekka Haavisto will be discussing issues ranging from relations between Estonia and Finland to the security situation in Europe.
Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Kristjan Järvan will be meeting with Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka to sign a joint declaration on the digitalisation of the logistics sector. He will also be holding a meeting with Finnish entrepreneurs at the ‘Maria 01’ Startup Campus.
Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut will be visiting the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, where she will be discussing nuclear energy.
Minister of Education and Research Tõnis Lukas will also be attending a seminar at the University of Helsinki, where he will be meeting with Dean of the Faculty of Arts Pirjo Hiidenmaa, head of the Department of Finnish, Finno-Ugrian and Scandinavian Studies Terhi Ainiala, Professor Riho Grünthal and Estonian language lecturers Sigrid Kaasik-Krogerus and Annekatrin Kaivapalu.
