The Office of the President of the Republic of Finland


15.06.1999 PRESS RELEASE


US Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Russian Defence Minister Igor Sergeyev will arrive in Helsinki


US Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Russian Defence Minister Igor Sergeyev will arrive in Helsinki on Wednesday morning, June 16, 1999. The President of the Republic will conduct bilateral discussions with each of them and will entertain them to lunch in the Presidential Palace. After lunch, the Secretary of Defense and the Defence Minister will start their talks in the Presidential Palace. If necessary, the talks will be continued on Thursday.

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is expected to arrive in Helsinki on Wednesday afternoon, and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Thursday afternoon. Their schedules and programmes are still to be finalized.





 
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