Appointment of Petri Salo as Roving Ambassador for Georgia and Armenia
Salo entered the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1989. Since 2005, he has been serving as Director of the Unit for Neighbouring Area Cooperation of the Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. During the years 2004-2005 he held the post of Minister-Counsellor at the Finnish Embassy in Moscow. Salo has also served at the Finnish diplomatic missions of St. Petersburg, Bonn and Sofia. At the Ministry, he has served in a number of positions at the Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Political Department and the Department for External Economic Relations.