Foreign Minister Tuomioja does not travel to NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Antalya, Turkey

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Press release 130/2015
12 May 2015

Foreign Minister Tuomioja does not travel to NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Antalya, Turkey

A meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers will be held on 13–14 May in Antalya, Turkey. The Resolute Support operation (RS) ministerial meeting will convene on 13 May with participants from partner countries involved in the operation. Under-Secretary of State Jaakko Laajava will represent Finland in the meeting.

Tuomioja was to take part in a working lunch focusing on the security situation of the Middle East and Northern Africaon 13 May. The meeting would have been the first at foreign minister level between NATO and the Enhanced Opportunities (EO) partner countries. However, the working lunch was cancelled because all the invited parties would not have been able to attend.

Additional information: Tarja Kangaskorte, Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister, tel. +358 40 181 9257 and Mikko Kinnunen, Director, Unit for Security Policy and Crisis Management, tel. +358 295 351 820.