Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb to Georgia

Press release 295/2008
20 August, 2008

The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will visit Georgia on Thursday, 21 August.

During his visit, Minister Stubb will meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili and examine the humanitarian situation in the crisis zone. Stubb will also discuss the status of cease-fire with representatives of the OSCE Mission in Georgia and the currently deployed military monitoring officers.

Foreign Minister Stubb will return to Finland on Friday.

More information: Mikko Hautala, Advisor to the Minister, tel. +358 40 834 6758; Juha Kirstilä, Press Attaché, tel. +358 40 552 8200; Päivi Peltokoski, Counsellor, Finnish OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, tel. +358 40 578 6096