Foreign Minister Stubb to meet Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Marat Tažin

Press Release 86/2009
23 March, 2009

Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Marat Tažin will arrive in Finland on Monday 23 March in connection with President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s state visit. Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will meet Minister Tažin at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, 24 March.

The Ministers will discuss bilateral relations between Finland and Kazakhstan, the EU-Kazakhstan relations, the international situation and, for instance, the Kazakhstan OSCE Chairmanship, beginning next year.

Foreign Minister Stubb will also participate in the programme of President Nazarbayev’s state visit.

Additional information: Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister Mikko Hautala, tel. +358 9 1605 5012, and Director Tuula Yrjölä, tel. +358 9 1605 6095 and researcher Eeva-Riitta Karhula, tel. +358 9 1605 5097, Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia