OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu to travel to Helsinki for first official visit

VIENNA, 15 January, 2025 — OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu will travel to Helsinki on 16 January on his first official visit as OSCE Secretary General, where he will meet with OSCE Chair-in-Office Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and other high-level officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the visit, Secretary General Sinirlioğlu will also meet with parliamentarians, representatives from civil society and researchers.

The visit marks the first official meeting of Secretary General Sinirlioğlu and Chair-in-Office Valtonen in their new roles, and they are expected to discuss several key issues including strengthening the OSCE, the priorities of the Finnish Chairpersonship and addressing key security issues across the OSCE region, including the war against Ukraine.

Secretary General Sinirlioğlu and Chair-in-Office Valtonen will hold a press conference on 16 January at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 10:15 GMT+2.

For media representatives interested in attending the press conference in person, please contact Miia Vihola at Miia.Vihola@gov.fi by January 15 at 16:15 GMT+2.

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