Secretary Clinton To Travel to Finland, Latvia, and Russia
Press Statement
Victoria Nuland
Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
June 20, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Finland, Latvia, and Russia from June 27-June 30.
In Helsinki, Finland, Secretary Clinton will hold bilateral meetings
with senior Finnish officials to discuss a number of shared foreign
policy priorities, including the European economy, Syria, Iran and
climate change. She will highlight Finland’s commitment and leadership
in Afghanistan, specifically on development and women’s issues. She will
also meet with leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship and civil
society.
On June 28, the Secretary will travel to Riga, Latvia,
where she will meet with senior Latvian officials to discuss a range of
issues including our joint commitment to NATO missions and priorities
and Latvia’s recovery from economic crisis. She will also participate in
a street renaming ceremony in honor of former Under Secretary of State
Sumner Welles, whose Welles Declaration formalized the U.S. refusal to
recognize the forced incorporation of the Baltic Republics into the
Soviet Union.
The Secretary will travel to St.
Petersburg, Russia, on June 28 where she will lead the U.S. Delegation
to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s Women and the Economy Forum
(WEF). During this event, participants will focus on leadership
and skills and capacity building, two main areas of the San Francisco
Declaration on decreasing barriers to women’s economic participation, as
they relate to innovation, STEM, entrepreneurship, and healthy
lifestyles. The Secretary will also meet with Foreign Minister Lavrov as well as civil society leaders.
