New Zealand's Ardern says new Finnish PM 'needs no advice'


FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin attends a news conference of the new Finnish government in Helsinki, Finland December 10, 2019. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen via REUTERS

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Finland's new Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who has become the world's youngest head of government, needs no advice from another youthful premier.

Marin, 34, took over Ardern's mantle as the world's youngest female leader on Tuesday.

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