Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07HELSINKI266
2007-04-11 13:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Helsinki
Cable title:
FINLAND: WORKING OVERTIME TO APPROVE THE U.S.-EU
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UNCLAS HELSINKI 000266
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR: TOM COLEMAN EEB/TRA/AN AND PEGGY WALKER EUR/ERA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU FI
SUBJECT: FINLAND: WORKING OVERTIME TO APPROVE THE U.S.-EU
AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
REF: SECSTATE 43305
UNCLAS HELSINKI 000266
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR: TOM COLEMAN EEB/TRA/AN AND PEGGY WALKER EUR/ERA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU FI
SUBJECT: FINLAND: WORKING OVERTIME TO APPROVE THE U.S.-EU
AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
REF: SECSTATE 43305
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air
Transport Agreement to Ms. Anne Torkkeli, Ministerial
Counsellor in the Transport Services Unit of the GOF Ministry
of Transport and Communications. Torkkeli said the GOF is
pleased with the agreement which they anticipate will be
signed during the U.S.-EU Summit on April 30. Torkkeli noted
her office received an urgent request from Brussels to
fast-track country approval of the agreement, causing her
office to work over the Easter holiday to prepare the
necessary position papers for GOF approval of the agreement.
The agreement should be approved by the various GOF
Ministries on April 12, with final approval by GOF President
Tarja Halonen on April 13. The agreement will ultimately be
signed by Mr. Eikka Kosonen, Finland,s Permanent
Representative, during a COREPER meeting in Brussels around
April 25.
HYATT
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR: TOM COLEMAN EEB/TRA/AN AND PEGGY WALKER EUR/ERA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR ECON KTIA PREL EU FI
SUBJECT: FINLAND: WORKING OVERTIME TO APPROVE THE U.S.-EU
AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
REF: SECSTATE 43305
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU Air
Transport Agreement to Ms. Anne Torkkeli, Ministerial
Counsellor in the Transport Services Unit of the GOF Ministry
of Transport and Communications. Torkkeli said the GOF is
pleased with the agreement which they anticipate will be
signed during the U.S.-EU Summit on April 30. Torkkeli noted
her office received an urgent request from Brussels to
fast-track country approval of the agreement, causing her
office to work over the Easter holiday to prepare the
necessary position papers for GOF approval of the agreement.
The agreement should be approved by the various GOF
Ministries on April 12, with final approval by GOF President
Tarja Halonen on April 13. The agreement will ultimately be
signed by Mr. Eikka Kosonen, Finland,s Permanent
Representative, during a COREPER meeting in Brussels around
April 25.
HYATT