Finnish foreign minister

Finnish foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2013.

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Jorodd Asphjell (L) of Norway, new President of the Nordic Council for 2023, and Erkki Tuomioja of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, react during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Helge Orten (L) of Norway, new Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2023, Lulu Ranne of Finland, Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2022, Erkki Tuomioja of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, and Jorodd Asphjell of Norway, new President of the Nordic Council for 2023, pose for photographers during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Helge Orten (L) of Norway, new Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2023, Lulu Ranne of Finland, Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2022, Erkki Tuomioja of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, and Jorodd Asphjell of Norway, new President of the Nordic Council for 2023, pose for photographers during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Helge Orten (L) of Norway, new Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2023, Lulu Ranne of Finland, Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2022, Erkki Tuomioja of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, and Jorodd Asphjell of Norway, new President of the Nordic Council for 2023, pose for photographers during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Helge Orten (L) of Norway, new Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2023, Lulu Ranne of Finland, Vice President of the Nordic Council for 2022, Erkki Tuomioja of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, and Jorodd Asphjell of Norway, new President of the Nordic Council for 2023, pose for photographers during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Erkki Tuomioja (R) of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, speaks during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council

Erkki Tuomioja (L) of Finland, President of the Nordic Council for 2022, listens while Jorodd Asphjell (R) of Norway, new President of the Nordic Council for 2023, speaks during the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council at the Parliament House in Helsinki, Finland, on November 3, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland

The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland

President of the Nordic Council for 2022 Erkki Tuomioja attends The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in the Parliament Building in Helsinki, Finland on November 1, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland

The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland

Prime Ministers Sanna Marin of Finland (C) and Ulf Kristersson of Sweden (R) and the President of the Nordic Council Erkki Tuomioja (L) arrives to attend the lunch President Sauli Niinistö of Finland hosts for the prime ministers and heads of government in Presidential Castle during The 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council in Helsinki, Finland on November 1, 2022. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)