EAC SECRETARY GENERAL RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM FINNISH AMBASSADOR

H.E. Pekka Hukka, Ambassador Extraodinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Finland to the EAC, listening in to updates on regional integration from EAC’s Secretary General Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera.

H.E. Pekka Hukka, Ambassador Extraodinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Finland to the EAC,in a group photo with EAC’s Secretary General Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera and other members after presenting his credentials. 

The East African Community Secretary General, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera, today received credentials from the Ambassador Extraodinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Finland to the EAC, H.E. Pekka Hukka.

Speaking at the function, Amb. Hukka said that his appointment was out of his government’s commitment to deepen its cooperation with the EAC, noting the significance of regional integration not only for East Africans, but as an important source of growth for the continent as well.

Expressing his gratitude to the Finnish Government for her dynamic support to the EAC, the Secretary General shed light on the region’s increased market size, which has led the Community to expand on cross-border production chains.

Finland is a regular contributor to the Partnership Fund, a basket fund which enables the Community to make significant achievements in various sectors.