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The preparation of a new report on foreign and security policy is ongoing. As part of the preparations, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, led by Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, will organise a series of panel discussions on topical foreign and security policy topics in spring 2024 in cooperation with four different universities. The first event will be held at the University of Tampere on Monday 4 March.
In addition to Minister for Foreign Affairs Valtonen, the panel discussions will bring together diplomats, experts and actors from academia.
The University of Tampere event (Pinni B, ls B1100, Kanslerinrinne 1) on 4 March at 15.15–16.30 will start a series of discussions. Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, Member of Parliament Jani Kokko, acting Deputy Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Mikael Mattlin and CEO of Latitude 66 Cobalt Oy Thomas Hoyer will participate in the discussion. The discussion will be moderated by Valtteri Vuorisalo, Professor of Practice at the University of Tampere.
The University of Lapland in Rovaniemi will hold a discussion on 11 March.
A panel discussion in Swedish will be held with Åbo Akademi University on 25 March in Turku.
During the spring, the event will also be organised in cooperation with the University of Helsinki. Its timetable will be confirmed shortly.
In addition, young people will be heard in the spring in cooperation with the Youth Academy.
In accordance with Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's Government Programme, a report on foreign and security policy will be drawn up at the beginning of the government term. The report is a key steering document for Finland's foreign and security policy, which specifies the entries in the Government Programme in these respects. Reports have been drawn up in slightly different forms since the 1990s. The previous report was from 2020.
The report under preparation is expected to be submitted to Parliament during the spring session of 2024.
