Esteemed Heads of Mission, ladies and gentlemen We live in an era of accumulative and accelerating change. The momentum gathered and the tensions that have been building up over the…
Address by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the 4th Council of Europe Summit on 17 May 2023 in Reykjavik
Excellencies, Colleagues, For more than a year, Russia has been waging a war of aggression on Ukraine. It is first and foremost an attack against Ukraine and its people. But…
Video address by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö to Bucha Summit on 31 March 2023
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, A year ago, shocking images started coming out of the liberated town of Bucha. The horrors uncovered there shook us all. Russia’s invasion has brought…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Crimea Platform Summit on 23 August 2022
Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to join my colleagues in thanking President Zelenskyy for convening this summit. Since our first gathering in Kyiv last August, the situation…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Ambassadors’ Conference on 23 August 2022
Esteemed Heads of Missions, ladies and gentlemen, After a long interval, we meet again in the same physical location. Now that the pandemic finally allows it, this format is again…
Speech by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the Yalta European Strategy Conference Kyiv, Ukraine, 13 September 2019
President Zelensky, President Kaljulaid, ladies and gentlemen, It is touching to be here among happy people, free people. Mr. Sentshov, it was a huge experience for me to see you…