Finnish President Alexander Stubb and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (TP-UTVA) were informed on Monday about last week's communications cable damage incident in the Baltic Sea and discussed other security issues.
They received a briefing on the most recent cable damage incident, which occurred on New Year's Eve, according to a government press release on Monday.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is conducting a preliminary investigation into the incident, which is expected to take several weeks.
Stubb and the committee also discussed the situation in Ukraine, according to the government.
"There have been active negotiations in recent weeks between the Ukrainians, Europeans and Americans. Discussions will continue among the Coalition of the Willing, a grouping of countries that have pledged to support Ukraine. We will continue to work together with our allies and partners to achieve a just and lasting peace," the release read.
On Tuesday, Stubb travels to Paris for a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, hosted by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
The president and ministers also talked about the situation in Venezuela. On Friday and Saturday, the United States carried out strikes on several targets and captured the South American country's leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
"Finland emphasises that all states have a responsibility to respect and comply with international law. The state leadership is closely monitoring the situation and its development," the government's release read.
On Sunday, Stubb said that Venezuela's government had lacked legitimacy for years, as he emphasised that states need to respect international law.
The parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee is set to hold an extraordinary meeting later this week, either on Thursday or Friday, the committee's chair, Johannes Koskinen (SDP) told news service STT.
That meeting will focus on topics including Ukraine peace negotiations, the damaged subsea cable as well as issues concerning Greenland.
Edited at 14:31 on 5 January 2026 to add information about the parliamentary committee's upcoming extraordinary meeting.
