2025.06.17
On 7 May, the Nordic-Baltic Seven Countries' Ambassadors to China gathered at Grandview Institution to engage in in-depth discussions with Grandview Institution experts and scholars on issues including the causes of the Russia-Ukraine war, the direction of the situation's development, the prospects for the peace process, the impact of external factors on Europe's security architecture, and China's role and influence in the Russia-Ukraine issue.
Participants included:
Ambassador of Iceland to China (Thorir Ibsen)
Ambassador of Sweden to China (Per Augustsson)
Ambassador of Finland to China (Mikko Kinnunen)
Ambassador of Norway to China (Vebjørn Dysvik)
Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark to China and Mongolia (Michael Starbæk Christensen)
Ambassador of Estonia to China (Hannes Hanso)
Embassy of Latvia to China, Karlis Eihenbaums
Former director of the American Studies Institute and European Studies Institute at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Wu Baiyi
Senior researcher at Grandview Institution, Wu Hao
President of Grandview Institution, Ren Libo
Director of the International Cooperation Department and European Centre at Grandview Institution, Mao Jing
Other attendees included:
Deputy Head of the Iceland Embassy in China, Inga Dora Petursdottir
Political Counsellor of the Sweden Embassy in China, Mattias Chu
Counsellor of the Finland Embassy in China, Anna Savolainen
Political Counsellor of the Norway Embassy in China, Gry-Irene Skorstad
First Secretary of the Kingdom of Denmark Embassy in China, Frederik Michael Visti von Jessen
Political Counsellor of the Estonia Embassy in China, Mirjam Ait
Third Secretary at the Latvia Embassy in China, Kristaps Briedis