Foreign Minister Tuomioja to attend meeting of Friends of the Syrian People in Istanbul

Press release 73/2012
30 March 2012

Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja will attend the second meeting of the Friends of the Syrian People on Sunday, 1 April. The first meeting was held in Tunis on 24 February.

The purpose of the meeting is to continue the work begun in Tunis to  solve the conflict in Syria.

Further information: Veikko Kiljunen, Advisor to the Minister, tel. +358 40 351 9536, and Helena Tuuri, Head of the Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, tel. +358 40 553 3494