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Sun, 18 Oct, 2015 12:09:53 AM
FTimes Report, Oct 18
 
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. File Photo AFP-Lehtikuva.
The Nordic Council Session this year begins in Reykjavik, Iceland on 27–29 October with focus on the development of Nordic cooperation, environmental challenges, and foreign and security policy, according to a press release.
 
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will attend the Nordic Prime Ministers’ meeting and the meeting of the Prime Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries.
 
The Nordic Prime Ministers’ discussions will focus on, among other things, migration, the situation in its countries of origin, and climate issues.
 
The Prime Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries will discuss regional issues, the EU’s Eastern Partnership and the economic situation in Europe. In addition, the Nordic Prime Ministers will meet representatives of the autonomous regions and the Presidium of the Nordic Council, said the release.
 
At the Nordic Council Session, Sipilä will present the programme for Finland’s coming Presidency.
 
Finland will take over the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers for 2016.
 
The Foreign Affairs Minister Timo Soini, Foreign Trade and Development Minister Lenita Toivakka, Education and Culture Minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, Agriculture and the Environment Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen and the Nordic Cooperation Minister Anne Berner will represent the Finnish Government in the Nordic Council Session and in sector-specific Nordic meetings.
 
The Nordic Cooperation Minister Anne Berner will participate in the meeting of Ministers of Nordic Cooperation and will present a report on Nordic-EU Cooperation to the Nordic Council.
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Timo Soini will participate in the meeting of Nordic Foreign Ministers.
 
The main themes of the meeting will be the further development of Nordic Cooperation in foreign and security policy as well as current foreign policy issues, such as the situation in Syria.
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Lenita Toivakka will attend the meetings of the Foreign Trade Ministers and the Development Ministers.
 
Minister of Education and Culture, Sanni Grahn-Laasonen will participates in the meeting of Nordic Ministers of Culture.
 
Minister of Agriculture and the Environment, Kimmo Tiilikainen will attend the meeting of Nordic Ministers of the Environment. At the meeting, the ministers will give a joint statement in advance of the Paris Climate Change Conference (COP21).
 
Minister Tiilikainen will also participate in a question and answer session, at which Nordic members of parliament will ask the ministers questions on issues of current interest.
 
The Nordic Council is the largest Nordic cooperation forum of the year. It gathers together Nordic parliamentarians, Prime Ministers, opposition leaders and sector ministers.
 
This year, Denmark serves as the chair of intergovernmental cooperation.
 
The Nordic Council’s renowned prizes (literature, children’s and young people’s literature, music, nature and environment, and film) will be awarded at a ceremony on Tuesday, 27 October.
 
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