Finland–Ukraine relations

Finnish-Ukrainian relations

Finland	Ukraine
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Finland, Kyiv	Embassy of Ukraine, Helsinki

Before 1918, both Finland and Ukraine were part of the Russian Empire. In 1918, Finland was one of the first countries to recognise Ukraine and open a diplomatic mission in Kyiv. Finland once again recognised Ukraine on December 30, 1991. Both countries established diplomatic relations on February 26, 1992. Finland is a member of the European Union, which Ukraine applied for in 2022. Both countries are full members of Council of Europe. Also Finland is an EU member and Ukraine is an EU candidate.

Security cooperation

In 3 April 2024, President of Finland Alexander Stubb and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a ten-year agreement on security cooperation and long-term support between Finland and Ukraine. It is said to be an indication of Finland's long-term commitment to supporting Ukraine.

The agreement covers several sectors such as political support and support for Ukraine's defense, security, reforms and reconstruction. Finland is the eighth country to sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.

Resident diplomatic missions

• Finland has an embassy in Kyiv.
• Ukraine has an embassy in Helsinki.

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  Embassy of Finland in Kyiv
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  Embassy of Ukraine in Helsinki

Gallery

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  Finland and Ukraine flags in Helsinki. June 13, 2022.
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  We Stand with Ukraine protest in Helsinki Finland in 26 February 2022, two days later when Russian invasion of Ukraine begin.
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  Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk meet in Kyiv, 23 August 2023
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  Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Kyiv, 26 May 2022

See also

• Foreign relations of Finland
• Foreign relations of Ukraine
• Ukrainians in Finland
• Finns in Ukraine
• Ukraine–EU relations
• Accession of Ukraine to the European Union

External links

• Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Ukraine
• Finnish embassy in Kyiv (in Finnish, Swedish and Ukrainian only) Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
• Ukraine embassy in Helsinki

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