Current affairs

Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja met with Tzipi Livni, Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister of Israel on 4 July. The two ministers discussed, in particular, the role of the European Union in finding a solution to the situation in the Middle East and about the current unrest in the region. During the ministers’ joint press conference Tuomioja assured that the EU demands the unconditional release of the abducted Israeli solider Gilad Shalit and an end to Kassam rocket attacks against Israel