Opening speech by Prime Minister Antti Rinne at the Artictic Circle Assembly 10.10.
(WorldNews Finland)

Government Communications Department10.10.201916.00| Published in English on 10.10.2019 at 16.03 Speech522/2019 Your Royal Highness, Dear Katrín, Mr Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends of the Arctic, It is a great pleasure for me to address the seventh Arctic Circle Assembly. President Grimsson, what a unique event you have created! I am happy to be here also because Iceland holds the Chair of the Arctic Council. Finland chaired the Council until last Spring. For us, the Arctic Council is the core of Arctic cooperation. We need strong leadership and concrete cooperation here more than ever. The arctic has global importance and gets global attention like never before....