Foreign Minister Valtonen visits Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
Press releases, 8.1.2025
On 8 January, Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen visited Kyiv, Ukraine, where she met President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha, and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk. This was Minister Valtonen's first visit to a country as Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Minister Elina Valtonen reaffirmed Finland's long-term support to Ukraine and emphasised that Ukraine is a priority for Finland's OSCE Chairpersonship.
"This visit to Ukraine at the very beginning of our OSCE Chairpersonship sends a strong message of the OSCE's support to Ukraine. The Organization and the overwhelming majority of its participating States are fully committed to supporting Ukraine, its people and civil society as the country continues the fight to defend itself in Russia's war of aggression," Valtonen says.
During her visit, Minister Valtonen also met representatives of Ukrainian civil society, the media and OSCE staff working in Ukraine.
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