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Haavisto to talk Brexit with UK FM today

Published : 10 Sep 2019, 03:03

Updated : 10 Sep 2019, 10:12

  DF Report
Pekka Haavisto. File Photo Kimmo Brandt / Eduskunta.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will visit London on Tuesday and have a meeting with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.

Haavisto will also meet Tom Tugendhat, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons, said a government press release .

The foreign ministers will discuss topical matters, including Brexit, transatlantic relations, the Russia-Ukraine situation, climate change, and the situation in the Persian Gulf.

Additionally, Haavisto will speak at a high-level panel, entitled ‘Towards a climate neutral future – ambition, solutions, actions,’ organised at the residence of the ambassador of Finland in London.