Office of the President of the Republic of Finland
Press release 40/2024
26 June 2024
President of the Republic of Finland Alexander Stubb will visit Italy from 3 to 4 July 2024. The working visit is hosted by the President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella.
President Stubb will hold formal discussions with President Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome on Thursday 4 July. The discussions will cover current security policy issues and bilateral relations between Finland and Italy.
In the afternoon, President Stubb will meet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Before the official meetings on Thursday, President Stubb will take part in a debate analysing Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine and Europe’s security challenges in the Mediterranean and Africa. The debate, together with experts and academics on foreign and security policy, is organised by the think tank Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
On Wednesday 3 July, president Stubb will meet Finnish and Italian business and industry representatives at a dinner hosted by Ambassador of Finland to Italy, Matti Lassila.
