"The message was that we could choose our own way," a Finnish diplomat said.

Pekka Kullervo Malinen (11 June 1921, Viipuri - 21 September 2004) was a Finnish diplomat and politician.

Max Jakobson (September 30, 1923 - March 9, 2013) was a Finnish diplomat and journalist with Finnish-Jewish descent.

Yet for all their caveats, American and Finnish diplomats declared themselves genuinely optimistic and surprised at Mr. Milosevic's abrupt turnaround.

Martti Antero Koskenniemi (born 18 March 1953, Turku) is an international lawyer and a former Finnish diplomat.

Helvi Sipilä, 94, Finnish diplomat.

The Finnish diplomat who helped to abduct the child was dismissed from the Finnish Consulate and Russia has declared him persona non grata.

The main villains have been Anton's Finnish father and the Finnish diplomat Simo Pietiläinen.

"Until now, Finland's neutrality made defense procurement diffcult," a Finnish diplomat said.

Max Jakobson, 89, Finnish diplomat and journalist.