The Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025

President Alexander Stubb and President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs at Kultaranta on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb and President of Estonia Alar Karis at Kultaranta on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb, President of Estonia Alar Karis and President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs at Kultaranta on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb held a press briefing before the start of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Speaker of the Parliament Jussi Halla-aho at the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Tarja Halonen and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari at the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Stubb's opening remarks at the Kultaranta Talks 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Audience during the first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and President of Estonia Alar Karis in a panel discussion moderated by journalist Fareed Zakaria. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Journalist, columnist and author Fareed Zakaria moderated two panel discussions on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb and President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and President of Estonia Alar Karis at The Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and President of Estonia Alar Karis in a panel discussion moderated by journalist Fareed Zakaria. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The audience during the first day of the Kultaranta Talks 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb and President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs during the first panel of the day. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The Kultaranta Talks 2025 began with President Alexander Stubb, President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and President of Estonia Alar Karis discussing "Europe in the Shockwaves". Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic

President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs in discussion with Carl Bildt, Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Moderator Fareed Zakaria, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi and Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen at Kultaranta on 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Stubb, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari and Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi at Kultaranta on 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Mrs Suzanne Innes-Stubb och President Alexander Stubb at the Kultaranta Talks on 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica Arnoldo André Tinoco. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Journalist, columnist and author Fareed Zakaria moderated two panel discussions on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi and Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Panel discussion with Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin; Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya; Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and Russ Jalichandra, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand. The discussion was moderated by Fareed Zakaria. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Russ Jalichandra. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari and Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Alexander Stubb, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand Russ Jalichandra, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin Olushegun Adjadi Bakari and Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi at Kultaranta on 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Stubb and Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi at Kultaranta on 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

President Stubb and Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya Musalia Mudavadi held a bilateral meeting at Kultaranta on 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Security Policy and Transatlantic Transitions were discussed by Camille Grand, Distinguished Policy Fellow at ECFR, Rachel Ellehuus, Director-General at RUSI and Jeremy Shapiro, Director of Research at EFCR. The discussion was moderated by journalist Francine Lacqua. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Rachel Ellehuus. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Camille Grand, Distinguished Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Rachel Ellehuus, Director General, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

A question from the audience during the first day of the Kultaranta Talks 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Panellist Jeremy Shapiro, Director of Research at the European Council on Foreign Relations (EFCR), with moderator Francine Lacqua, journalist, editor-at-large, and anchor. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Camille Grand, Distinguished Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and Rachel Ellehuus, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica Arnoldo André Tinoco and President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Signpost in the park at Kultaranta. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

A walk and talk in the Kultaranta park. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Coffee break during the first day of the Kultaranta Talks on Monday 16 June 2025. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

The final session of the international programme discussed international relations and interdependencies. The theme was addressed by Carl Bildt, Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR); Børge Brende, President and CEO, World Economic Forum (WEF) and Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO of the media group Axel Springer SE. The discussion was moderated by journalist Francine Lacqua. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO of the media group Axel Springer SE. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Carl Bildt, Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

International relations and interdependencies were discussed by Carl Bildt, Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR); Børge Brende, President and CEO, World Economic Forum (WEF) and Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO, Axel Springer SE. The debate was moderated by journalist, editor-at-large, and anchor Francine Lacqua. Photo: Matti Porre / Office of the President of the Republic of Finland