Uutinen 30.12.2008

EU Foreign Ministers’ informal meeting on Gaza situation

Press release 475/2008
30 December, 2008

Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner of the current EU Presidency country France has called EU Foreign Ministers to an informal foreign policy meeting on Tuesday evening, 30 December, in Paris.

The ministers will address the Gaza situation and EU action in order to solve the crisis. Finland will be represented by Secretary of State Pertti Torstila.

Additional information: Sirpa Mäenpää, Deputy Director General, Department for Africa and the Middle East, tel. +358 40 566 7259 and Juha Kirstilä, Press Attaché to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, tel +358 40 552 8200.