Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja to make a working visit to Moscow

Press release 222/2011
2 September 2011

Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday, 9 September. The ministers will discuss bilateral relations and topical international issues, among others the situation in North Africa and the Middle East and relations between the EU and Russia.

In addition to the official aspect of the visit, Foreign Minister Tuomioja will meet with representatives of Russian civil society organisations.

Additional information: Tarja Kantola, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, mobile tel. +358 40 590 4119, and Jaana Teckenberg, Head of the Unit for Russia, mobile tel. +358 40 754 2419