Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Mahdi Safari visiting Finland

Press release 419/2008
10 November, 2008

Mahdi Safari, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs, is visiting Finland and Estonia between 11 and 13 November. Deputy Foreign Minister Safari will give a public lecture at the Aleksanteri Institute on Tuesday 11 November and, on Thursday 13 November, he will meet Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb and Under-Secretary of State Markus Lyra. The topics of discussion will include the nuclear programme of Iran as well as the topical questions concerning the neighbouring areas of Iran.

Further information: Attaché Jutta Hinkkanen, tel. +358 9 1605 6464, and Second Secretary Anssi Leino, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, tel. +358 9 1605 6479, and Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Juha Kirstilä, tel. +358 9 1605 5012