Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb to visit the West Balkans

Press release 25/2010
29 January 2010

Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will visit Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Serbia and Croatia on 1-4 February. The Minister's visit will include meeting representatives of the local governments and members of the international organisations and crisis management operations present in the region. In Kosovo Minister Stubb will also get acquainted with the activities of the Finnish crisis management team.

The forthcoming visit is Foreign Minister Stubb's first visit to the West Balkans. The planned topics for discussion include EU integration of the region, crisis management and topical issues pertaining to the
region, such as the circumstances in Kosovo. The Minister will also give a speech regarding the EU in Sarajevo.

Further information: Juha Ottman, Director, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans, Tel. +358 9 1605 5784, Päivi Pohjanheimo, Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tel. +358 40 511 3786, and Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, Press Attaché to the Minister, Tel +358 40 732 8340