“We see great potential”: Finnish FM Valtonen backs India-EU FTA, hails ‘special friendship’

Jul 07, 2026

Helsinki (Finland), July 7 (ANI): In an interview with ANI, on FTA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen, said, "Finland will do everything in its power to ensure that the FTA is implemented as soon as possible in the European Union, and also nationally. We see great potential in this agreement, for our businesses, for intensifying trade, for increasing investment on both sides, and for creating jobs and prosperity for our people. But it is also important from a political standpoint, because it is vital that countries that value a future where people can make their own choices cooperate ever more closely. Finland and India have a very special friendship in this regard"