UN Secretary General appoints new envoy to Georgia

A Finish Diplomat, Antti Turunen, has replaced Johan Verbeke on this position.
Before this appointment, Turunen was Finland’s ambassador to OSCE since 2007.

Together with EU and OSCE representatives, in a capacity of UN Special Representative Turunen will co-chair Geneva talks on conflicts in the Caucasus.

"Ambassador Turunen is an accomplished diplomat whose skills were necessary in dealing with the Georgian crisis during our OSCE Chairmanship [in 2008]," the statement released by the Foreign Ministry of Finland says.


/Georgian Times/