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Prime Minister Sipilä strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Istanbul

Publication date 1.1.2017 14.57 | Published in English on 1.1.2017 at 15.26
Press release 1/2017

The Government of Finland strongly condemns the terrorist attack on a night club in Istanbul on the New Year’s Eve. ”We must stand united in the fight against terrorism. Despite these sad and shocking events, we must never give way to fear. I offer my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims”, says Prime Minister Juha Sipilä.

Prime Minister Sipilä has expressed his condolences on behalf of the Finnish Government to the Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.