Visit to Finland by EU special representative in Afghanistan postponed

Press release 58/2005
21 February, 2005


A visit to Finland by Ambassador Francesc Vendrell, EU Special Representative in Afghanistan, which was scheduled for 23 February at the invitation of Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, will be postponed. Ambassador Vendrell was also scheduled to meet members of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and Defence Committee. A new date for the visit will be scheduled.

Further information: Finland's Ambassador to Afghanistan Tarja Laitiainen, tel. 09 160 56050 or gsm 040 7255844.