President to host 10th Kultaranta Talks on 12-13 June

The Kultaranta Talks, hosted every year by President Sauli Niinistö at his summer residence Naantali will be held on June 12 and June 13 this year, said Office of the President in a press release on Wednesday.

The eighth and nineth Kultaranta Talks, however, were held remotely in the last two years against the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak.

This year, the title of this foreign and security policy discussion event is “Responsible, strong and stable Nordic region”.

The talks will begin on 12 June with speeches by Niinistö and evening’s discussion will focus on Finland’s NATO membership.

There will be two public discussions on 13 June. The theme of the morning’s discussion is the Nordic model and cooperation.

The Kultaranta Talks will conclude with a discussion on Finland’s changing security policy.

About a hundred participants from various sectors of society have been invited to Kultaranta.

The opening discussion and the first panel discussion will be held in English, as international guests will also be present.

The talks so far were held nine times and normally the discussion takes place for two days at the president's summer residence Kultaranta, with experts from home and abroad taking part.