New Finnish Ambassadors: Tunisia, Venezuela, Afghanistan, East-Timor

The President of the Republic today appointed Mrs Kaija Ilander to be Ambassador of Finland in Tunis, Tunisia from the beginning of 2003 and Mr Ora Meres-Wuori to be Ambassador of Finland in Caracas, Venezuela from October 15. Mrs Ilander has been Charge d´Affairs for the Finnish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan and Mr Meres-Wuori Deputy Director for EU Justice Affairs at the Juridical Department of the MFA.
At the same time the President of the Republic appointed Ambassador Tarja Laitiainen to be Rowing Ambassador for Afghanistan. She has been Director of the Unit for Asia and Oceania. She has earlier been appointed Rowing Ambassador also for Pakistan. Finland´s Ambassador to Indonesia Matti Pullinen was also accredited to East-Timor.