Foreign Minister Tuomioja to Georgia, Afghanistan and Tajikistan
Press release 99/2006
13 April, 2006
Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will visit Georgia, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The visit will start from Georgia on 18 April. During his visit Tuomioja will meet President Mikheil Saakashvili and Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili. Their topics of discussion will include, for instance, the bilateral relations between the countries, regional and EU questions, as well as international issues. Tuomioja will also make a speech at the institute of strategic research and open the Honorary Consulate of Finland in Tbilisi.
Tuomioja will leave Georgia to arrive in Afghanistan on 19 April. There he will meet President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. The topics of discussion will include the bilateral relations of the countries, the situation and development of Afghanistan, as well as the support of the international community to Afghanistan.
Tuomioja's last place of visit will be Tajikistan, where he will, on 19 and 20 of April, have discussions with Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov about the relations between the countries, EU questions, and international topics. Tuomioja will also meet President Emomali Rakhmonov and Speaker of the Assembly of Representatives Saydullo Khayrulloyev.
Additional information about the visit to Georgia: Director Antti Turunen, Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, tel. +358 9 1605 6095, Ambassador Terhi Hakala, tel. +358 9 1605 5532, and Press Attaché to the Minister Susanna Parkkonen, tel. +358 9 1605 5012
Additional information about the visit to Afghanistan: Roving Ambassador Antti Koistinen, tel. +358 9 1605 6050, Chargé d'Affaires Timo Oula, tel. +358 9 160 58 1501, and Press Attaché to the Minister Susanna Parkkonen, tel. +358 9 1605 5012
Additional information about the visit to Tajikistan: Director Antti Turunen, Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, tel. +358 9 1605 6095, Trainee Mika Kujala, tel. +358 9 1605 6505, and Press Attaché to the Minister Susanna Parkkonen, tel. +358 9 1605 5012