The drafting of the new EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy is under way. As part of the preparation process, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs will organise, together with the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), a conference on the Union’s relations with its Northern and Northeastern neighbourhood. The two-day conference will bring together scholars and policy-makers from this region to discuss the EU strategy towards Russia and the Eastern Partnership countries.
The speech held by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mr. Timo Soini:
