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First Finnish Resident Ambassador to the Philippines in 8 Years Pays a Courtesy Call on Secretary Locsin

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Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. (left) and Finnish Ambassador Juha Markus Pyykkö (right) (Photo by DFA-OSCR Vanessa Ubac)

PASAY CITY 04 December 2020 -  Finnish Ambassador Juha Markus Pyykkö paid a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr.  two days following Ambassador Pyykkö's Presentation of Credentials to the President at the Malacañang Palace. 

Both discussed several areas of cooperation ranging from the  economic aspects of Philippines-Finland relations, tourism cooperation and education cooperation, as well as  other regional and international issues.

Secretary Locsin expressed hope that the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Finland will be further enhanced with the reopening of the Embassy of Finland in the Philippines under the leadership of Ambassador Pyykkö.

Ambassador Pyykkö is the first resident Ambassador of Finland to the Philippines since  Finland closed its Embassy in Manila in 2012. During the interim, Finland was represented in the Philippines by its non-resident Ambassador based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. END

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(Photo by DFA-OSCR Vanessa Ubac)