Embassy of Finland in Ukraine ( Ukrainian Embassy of Finland in Ukraine ) is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Finland in the capital of Ukraine , Kiev .
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| Address | Kiev , st. Streletskaya , 14 | |||
| Ambassador | Juha Virtanen | |||
| Site | finland.org.ua | |||
History
The first diplomatic representative of Finland in Ukraine was German Gummerus , who arrived in Kiev in 1918, and the interests of Ukraine in Finland were represented by Konstantin Vladimirovich Lossky (residence in Stockholm).
On December 30, 1991, Finland recognized the independence of Ukraine, and on February 26, 1992, Finnish-Ukrainian diplomatic relations were established.
On April 3, 1992, the Embassy of Finland opened in Kiev, and in December of the same year, the Ukrainian Embassy in Helsinki began to operate.
See also
- Ukrainian-Finnish relations
Links
- Embassy of Finland in Ukraine (Ukrainian) . Date of treatment June 10, 2016.