Foreign Minister Kanerva to visit Israel and Palestinian territories

Press release 249/2007
19 November 2007

Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva will visit the Middle East on 20-22 November. Kanerva's first visit to the Middle East includes meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as well as meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Foreign Minister Riad Al-Malki.

In their meetings they will discuss the situation in the region and the prospects of peace process in the Middle East before the international peace confrence, which will be held in Annapolis, United States, in the end of November.

Additional information: Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Tanja Jääskeläinen, tel +358 40 511 3786, Press Attaché Juha Kirstilä, tel. +358 40 552 8200, and First Secretary Riikka Eela, tel +358 40 758 0465