The External Affairs Minister paid an official state visit to Finland. He had discussions with the Foreign Minister of Finland, H.E. Pekka Haavisto, on a broad spectrum of bilateral relations pursuant to meeting of the Prime Ministers of India and Finland in the margins of the India-Nordic Summit in April 2018 in Stockholm. The EAM also met H.E. Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland, H.E. Antti Rinne, and Prime Minister of Finland and also with other Parliamentarians. The EAM delivered a speech on “India and the World – Priorities of Indian Foreign Policy” at Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He also unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Finland to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.