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The summit at the village in Finnish Lapland is being attended by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, and the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri #Orpo will host a summit on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 December in #Saariselkä. The North-South Summit will bring together leaders from northern and southern Europe to discuss key issues facing #Europe in a tense geopolitical climate.

Prime Minister Orpo has invited EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja #Kallas, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia #Meloni, Greek Prime Minister Kyriákos #Mitsotákis and #Swedish Prime Minister Ulf #Kristersson to take part in the summit.

“Europe has to take greater responsibility for its own security," says Finland's PM Petteri Orpo. This weekend, he will host minister colleagues from EU countries and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in Northern Finland, near the border with Russia.

The time has come for a north-south summit between EU leaders set in the northern Finnish forests on the weekend of December 21st to 22nd.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has invited the EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the prime ministers of Italy, Greece, and Sweden to Saariselkä in Lapland.

The main topics for the meeting are Europe's security, defense, and preparedness, as well as migration, the instrumentalization of migration, and border security.

"Europe has to take greater responsibility for its own security. This means that European countries have to be strong leaders, both in the EU and in NATO. Our greatest threat is Russia, which is trying to consolidate power and sow discord in Europe," says Orpo (National Coalition Party).

The summit allows EU leaders to have confidential conversations and introduce new initiatives, states the prime minister's office.

Borderland
It is about an hour's drive from Saariselkä to Raja-Jooseppi, the northernmost border crossing point along the 1340-kilometer Finnish-Russian border.

In the fall of 2023, Finland closed all border crossings to Russia in the face of a wave of migration that was considered to be controlled by Russian authorities and actors linked to crime.

The entire Finnish-Russian border has since been closed, except for short-term reopening attempts.

The main themes of the North-South Summit will be European security, defence and preparedness, as well as migration, instrumentalisation of migration and border security. The summit will provide an opportunity to discuss issues confidentially and come up with ideas for new initiatives.

“Europe has to take greater responsibility for its own security. This means that European countries have to be strong leaders, both in the EU and in #NATO. Our greatest threat is #Russia, which is trying to consolidate power and sow discord in Europe. The geopolitical situation is also very challenging in the Middle East and North Africa, for example,” said Prime Minister Orpo.

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