Foreign minister Haavisto: I apologize consular chief Pasi Tuomiselta, he is welcome to continue in office

foreign minister Pekka Haavisto (gr.) said on yle's A-studio interview, that he has apologized to the consular chief of the Pasi Tuomiselta.

Haavisto says That is wish welcome to continue in office. Ilta-sanomat (you move to another service) has written that Haavisto is supplanted by that of the tasks, as this is not agreed the implementation of the mission, where the Finnish children should be repatriated to Syria without their mothers.

Haavisto said that the plan to bring only Finnish children in al-Hol camp in Syria to Finland has not been and it is a canard.

ilta-sanomat published (you move to another service) on Wednesday, the foreign ministry of the inside sent that the email, which he saw to be problematic that the minister's office "passed on" to the officials responsible for the measure, which would help in principle, only children.

in the Email Import warn, that the decision of officials the threat of a long prison sentence.

Haavisto told reporters that the ministry was discussed even in the summer the possibility to help the particular camp are the children. Soon, however, it was found that children can the syrian authorities ' view because of import from Syria separately in Finland.

Al-Hol-things to deal with, was appointed a special official, whose job description has treated the whole of the government day school at the end of October, Haavisto says.

– This Pasi will bring the e-mail is prior to this, Haavisto said.

Haavisto discuss that with the phone in

the consular chief Pasi Tuominen has not commented on the situation in the public eye. Haavisto told reporters that he discussed the that the with today on the phone and a half hours.

I Asked, of course, I'm sorry, when this has been in many points a broken phone. At the same time hear, that he doesn't have any of this present a person's action and mission against. There is no contradiction there, the consular department at these measures and his work between. I told him he is welcome to continue in office, if he so wishes.

Haavisto is not granted, that would be supplanted by that of al-Holiin-related because there is disagreement.

He's been in office so far and of course, if the same department is very many, conflicting perceptions of the tasks it is always the administration in the difficult. Of course is then considered, is there any other pleasant tasks.

But now this hearing today - we are now a couple of weeks trying to meet to arrange - so he is very welcome. He is well-qualified officials and is of course welcome to continue in this consular chief of mission.

Haavisto justify the previous considerations specific to child-specific measures of the chancellor of justice in October by providing the alignment. According to fundamental and human rights are in favour of it, that the government would seek to repatriate at least the kids.

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