President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas to visit Finland

Press release 102/2006
20 April, 2006


President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas will visit Helsinki on 26-27 April. On 27 April he will meet President of the Republic Tarja Halonen and Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. The topics of discussion during the visit will include the Middle East peace process and the possibility of restarting the process. The political and economic status of the Palestinian territories will also be discussed. During his visit President Abbas will also meet Chair of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Liisa Jaakonsaari.

Additional information: Counsellor Sofie From-Emmesberger, Unit for the Middle East and North Africa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 9 1605 5406