Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia Teuta Arifi will visit Finland

Press release 293/2011
31 October 2011

Deputy Prime Minister of Macedonia Teuta Arifi will visit Finland from 31 October to 1 November. Arifi will have discussions with Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, meet Antti Kaikkonen, Chairman of the Grand Committee of the Finnish Parliament, and give a lecture at the European Commission Representation in Finland titled ‘Contemporary Challenges of the Republic of Macedonia in the Context of the EU Perspective’.

Topics of discussion with Foreign Minister Tuomioja include bilateral relations, Macedonia’s closer EU association, and situation of the Western Balkans.

Further information: Katja Pehrman, Diplomatic Adviser to the Foreign Minister, tel. +358 40 181 9257, and Counsellor Kirsti Hyyppä, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans, tel. +358 40 702 3108