{"id":292721,"date":"2026-02-15T15:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/292721\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:22:10","slug":"fm-saar-hosts-finnish-counterpart-on-first-visit-since-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/292721\/","title":{"rendered":"FM Sa\u2019ar Hosts Finnish Counterpart On First Visit Since 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar hosted Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Sunday, marking the first visit by a Finnish foreign minister to Israel since 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The two ministers first held a private meeting, followed by an expanded discussion with their respective teams, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">During the talks, Sa\u2019ar and Valtonen discussed strengthening bilateral relations between Israel and Finland, as well as the situation in the Middle East. Sa\u2019ar thanked his counterpart for Finland\u2019s support of the European Union\u2019s decision to recognize Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Video poster\" class=\"video-poster\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/api.i24news.tv\/en\/brightcove\/6377928323112\/poster\"\/>Finland to remove swastikas from Air Force flag<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The ministers agreed to work together to strengthen relations between the two countries, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The visit comes amid ongoing regional tensions and diplomatic efforts related to Iran and broader Middle East developments. The meeting in Jerusalem underscored continued engagement between Israel and European partners on security and political issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar hosted Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on Sunday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-292721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}