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Lähettäjä: Holmström Zabrina OKM Lähetetty: torstai 21. helmikuuta 2019 17.10 Vastaanottaja: [email protected] Kopio: Kaivosoja Riitta OKM <[email protected]>; Siltanen Minna OKM <[email protected]>; Palojärvi Jaana OKM <[email protected]>; Kangasniemi Jouni OKM <[email protected]>; Nikanorov Niklas OKM <[email protected]>; Riihimäki Viivi OKM <[email protected]>; Hannus Paula OKM <[email protected]>; Kaikkonen Anna <[email protected]> Aihe: Re. invitation to the 27th Song Celebration and 20th Dance Celebration, Tallinn 4-7 July 2019 Ref. 25.02.2019 No 9-6/310-1 Ms. Maimu Sibrits, International Relations Department Dear Ms. Sibrits, Referring to the kind invitation by Minister Indrek Saar addressed to Mr Sampo Terho, Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport of Finland, to attend the 27th Song Celebration and the 20th Dance Celebration in Tallinn on 4-7 July 2019, I wish to convey Minister Terho’s warm regards and at the same time inform you that there are elections in Finland in mid-April 2019. Therefore, we will have difficulties to inform you of any ministerial participation by the deadline of 28th February. There will be a new government, probably in June, and as you know there is also the upcoming EU Presidency of Finland as from the beginning of July 2019, so we cannot yet foresee any participation. The invitation will remain pending and we will let you know about any participation in due time. The festival is amazing and I’m sure we’ll sing along – also on the other side of the bay. Best wishes, Zabrina Holmström Senior Ministerial Adviser, Deputy Director Ministry of Education and Culture International Relations P.O. Box 29 FI-00023 Government Finland Tel: +358-(0)295 3 30114 (direct) GSM: +358-(0)40-7681 284 Twitter: @HZabrina │www.minedu.fi