US President Joe Biden will come to Finland in early July for the summit of Northern European countries and the United States.
This was reported by Iltalehti with reference to sources.
The summit in Helsinki is expected to be attended by Biden, Finnish President Sauli Niiniste, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gaar Stere and Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir.
Biden's visit to Finland is approaching the start of the Vilnius NATO summit. NATO heads of state will meet in Lithuania on July 11 and 12. A possible date of the visit could be the weekend before the summit, i.e. July 8-9.
Sources told the publication that the US wants to send a signal to Russia about its commitment to the defense of Finland, which joined NATO in April, and all northern European countries.
This will be the first visit of the current US president to Finland, which will not be directly related to the relations of the United States with Russia, the newspaper emphasized.
