Niinistö discusses Ukraine situation with parties Chairs

President Sauli Niinistö on Monday met with the chairs of parties elected to Parliament and discussed various issues including the worsening security tension in Ukraine.

Niinistö briefed the chairs on his views on the current international political conflict, Ukraine and the demands made by Russia as well as the various options for resolving the situation, said the office of the President in a press release.

In addition, the President gave his views on Finland’s security policy discussion and the related attitude towards NATO.

Niinistö emphasised the broad strengthening of the resilience of society.

He also focused on new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum technology are also creating new, asymmetric threats. They, as well as the larger hybrid entity, require a new kind of security approach and the protection of critical infrastructure. For this reason, too, it is important that the Finnish information society remains internationally competitive.

After the introduction given by the President , there was an open and constructive discussion on the issues.

The meeting was attended by party leaders Sanna Marin, Petteri Orpo, Annika Saarikko, Anna-Maja Henriksson and Harry Harkimo as well as, representing their parties, parliamentary group chairs Ville Tavio, Jussi Saramo, Atte Harjanne, and vice-chair Peter Östman, the press release added.