India, Nov. 7 -- The 13th Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) between India and Finland were held in Helsinki on Thursday, when the officials took stock of the progress in bilateral ties between the two nations and further discussed possible expansion in cooperation across multiple sectors, including Artificial Intelligence.

The Indian side was led by Sibi George, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs and the Finnish side was led by Jukka Salovaara, Permanent State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

During his visit to Helsinki, Secretary (West) also paid a courtesy call on Matias Marttinen, Minister of Employment, Republic of Finland.

"Both sides took stock of the progress in the India-Finland bilateral ...