PRESIDENT Sauli Niinistö says a number of issues were discussed during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Helsinki on Thursday.
“We went through quite a lot of issues. We’ve been meeting quite frequently, so it’s very straightforward and we can get through quite a large agenda quickly,” he stated during an exclusive interview with YLE on Thursday.
Niinistö revealed that the topics of discussion included the Finnish—US defence co-operation agreement and technological questions, such as co-operation in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and wireless communication.
“Technology co-operation is also becoming a major security question. Artificial intelligence and quantum technology are taking us to something that’s difficult to foresee,” he said to the public broadcaster. “Then there’s of course our expertise in 5G…