President Ahtisaari Congratulates Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Mr. Liu Xiaobo (8.10.2010)

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate President Ahtisaari congratulates Mr. Liu Xiaobo on receiving the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

In addition, President Ahtisaari remarks that, “as a peacemaker I would have hoped that the Norwegian Nobel Committee would have acknowledged  the local civil society actors in Palestine and Israel who are working to find a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict. This would have reinforced the decision made by the Nobel Committee last year.” President Ahtisaari emphasizes that the Middle East conflict requires the most urgent attention of all the peace efforts of today.