Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala to Zanzibar, Tanzania, instead of Kenya

Press release 283/2011
25 October 2011

Due to the security situation in Kenya, Minister for International Development Heidi Hautala, currently travelling in Africa, will have to change her itinerary. In Ethiopia, the Minister has been engaged in discussions about Finnish development aid for three days, and she was supposed to continue her journey to Kenya tomorrow.

In Zanzibar, Tanzania, the Minister will get acquainted with Finland’s former and present development aid projects within the water supply, forestry and land use sectors and in the area of environmental cooperation.

Tanzania is a long-term partner country for Finland as well.

Further information: Milma Kettunen, Press Attaché for the Minister, tel. +358 40 522 9869, and Helena Airaksinen, Head of Unit for East and West Africa, tel. +358 40 829 3412, [email protected]