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President Ilves to meet with Halld´or Ásgrímsson, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers

    Monday, 24 October 2011

    CopenhagenYesterday evening, President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves flew to Denmark for a working visit, where he will meet with the Danish Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Halld´or Ásgrímsson, and former long-term Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen.

    European economic and financial issues, security aspects and regional co-operation will be discussed at the meetings.

    The Estonian Head of State is one of the principal guests at an international Cyber Defence and Security Conference in Copenhagen, where he will speak about Estonian internal and international activities in the sphere of organising cyber defence within the last four years.

    On Wednesday night, President Ilves will continue to Finland to participate in the Book and Music Fair of Helsinki, where this time the focus will be on Estonia. A book by the Estonian Head of State, Omalla äänellä, which is a collection of his essays and presentations given in recent years, and which begins with a long interview with President Ilves, is also presented at the fair.