President of Lithuania to make working visit to Finland

Office of the President of the Republic
Press release 33/2019
29 October 2019

President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda will pay a working visit to Finland on Tuesday, 5 November 2019. The visit will be hosted by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö.

President Niinistö and President Nausėda will hold official discussions in the Presidential Palace. The topics of discussion will include bilateral relations between Finland and Lithuania, regional cooperation, European security and other international issues. Following their discussions, the Presidents will hold a joint press conference.

During his working visit, President Nausėda will also meet Prime Minister Antti Rinne and Speaker of the Parliament Matti Vanhanen as well as lay a wreath in the Hietaniemi cemetery.

This will be the first meeting between Presidents Niinistö and Nausėda. Lithuania’s former President Dalia Grybauskaitė made an official visit to Finland in 2016. President Niinistö’s latest visit to Lithuania took place in February 2018 to attend the centenary celebration of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence.