Foreign Ministry Coming Events: 23 – 29 January 2012

23.01.2012 | 10:48

24-26.01 Foreign Minister Urmas Paet will be on a joint visit to Indonesia with Finnish Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb. The ministers will be accompanied by a 36-member delegation of Estonian and Finnish entrepreneurs. The delegation of Estonian entrepreneurs includes representatives of companies that work in logistics, chemical production, information technology, software development, security services, and paper and wood panel production.

24-26.01 Foreign Minister Urmas Paet will be on a joint visit to Indonesia with Finnish Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb. The ministers will be accompanied by a 36-member delegation of Estonian and Finnish entrepreneurs. The delegation of Estonian entrepreneurs includes representatives of companies that work in logistics, chemical production, information technology, software development, security services, and paper and wood panel production.

Within the framework of the visit there are meetings scheduled with Foreign Minister of Indonesia Marty Natalegawa, Minister of Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa, Minister of Trade Gita Wirjawani, Minister of Communication and Informatics Tifatul Sembiring, Minister of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, and Minister of Defence Purnomo Yusgiantoro.

Both ministers will participate in an Estonia-Finland-Indonesia business seminar.

This will be Estonia’s first high-level visit to Indonesia. The goal of the visit is to promote the business opportunities of Estonian entrepreneurs and create ties with Indonesia, which has the biggest economy in south-eastern Asia and is a member of the G-20.

23.01 The European Union Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Brussels. The foreign ministers will discuss developments in the Middle East peace process, the situations in Syria, Egypt, Burma/Myanmar, Serbia and Kosovo, Belarus, Iran, and Sudan and South Sudan. Estonia will be presented by Estonian Permanent Representative to the EU Matti Maasikas.

26.01 Ambassador of the Republic of Angola Brito Antonio Sozinho, Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina Daniel Pierini, and Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt Mohamed Abdel Hameed Kassem will present their credentials to President Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

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