Courtesy Visit (Finnish Embassy)

21 September 2022, AEI - The Ambassador of Finland, H.E Sami Leino dropped by for an exchange of ideas today with Executive Director of AEI, Distinguished Professor Dato’ Dr. Rajah Rasiah where the topics of interests to discuss included Malaysia-Finland bilateral, exploring cooperation by emphasizing on higher education and promotion for European Studies (MES) courses in AEI.

Both sides expressed strong interest to deepen cooperation in order to strengthen Malaysia-Finland relations. Finland and Malaysia established diplomatic relations in 1972 with the first Finnish diplomatic mission opened in 1980. In 2004, the Embassy of Malaysia was opened in Helsinki.