Making friends with Helsinki


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 18 Sep 2005

A spate of activities including the visits of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to Finland starting tomorrow and a high-level Finnish trade delegation to Kuala Lumpur next month signals the strengtheningof ties between Malaysia and Finland. AGATHA MATAYUN reports. 

WITH the Helsinki Conference in full swing, President Tarja Halonen of the Republic of Finland had more on her official plate than usual but she still made time to meet us and talk about why her country is interested in forging strong ties with Malaysia.  

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