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Niinistö to meet U.S. senators in Helsinki on Monday

Published : 15 May 2022, 23:00

  DF Report
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Dec. 14, 2021. File Photo: Xinhua.

President Sauli Niinistö will meet United States Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators John Barrasso, Susan Collins and John Corny in Helsinki on Monday, said the Office of the President in a press release on Sunday.

The President and the Senators will discuss at the meeting, among other things, Finland’s security policy solutions, U.S. support for Finland’s NATO membership as well as Russian warfare in Ukraine.

The visit of the Senators in Finland is hosted by U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey, the press release added.