Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Timo Soini and Turkey’s Minister for European Affairs Volkan Bozkir met in Helsinki on Wednesday last week. The Ministers did not discuss Cyprus in their meeting. The Ministers believe that the agreement between Turkey and EU facilitate their work in the refugee crisis. They also emphasise the excellent relations and flourishing collaboration between the two nations. In addition to the refugee crisis, the Ministers discussed Turkey’s and EU’s cooperation in terrorism prevention. Minister Soini mentioned at the beginning of the meeting that the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Finland on 6 April.

Media:  Turun Sanomat

Date: 23.3.2016

Journalist: STT

Main source: Ministers Timo Soini and Volkan Bozkir