Secretary Clinton to Travel to the Czech Republic, Belgium, Ireland, and Northern Ireland
Victoria Nuland
Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
November 29, 2012
Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Prague, the Czech
Republic; Brussels, Belgium; Dublin, Ireland; and Belfast, Northern
Ireland December 3-7.
Secretary Clinton will travel to Prague, the Czech Republic, December 3
to meet with Czech officials on strengthening Czech energy
independence, as well as advancing human rights and supporting
democratic transitions around the world.
Secretary Clinton will visit Brussels, Belgium, December 4-5
to participate in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. The Secretary
and her counterparts will discuss current security challenges in the
Western Balkans and NATO’s global partnerships. The Secretary will
participate in a foreign ministers’ meeting of the NATO-Russia Council
on December 4 and of the NATO-Georgia Commission on December 5. NATO
foreign ministers will also meet with their non-NATO partners in the
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and representatives of
the Government of Afghanistan to review the status of the joint
Afghan/ISAF transition plan, as well as discuss NATO’s post-2014 mission
in Afghanistan. While in Brussels, the Secretary will also co-chair the
fourth meeting of the U.S.-European Union (EU) Energy Council to deepen
cooperation on energy security and conservation.
The Secretary will travel December 6-7 to Dublin, Ireland,
where she will participate in the ministerial meeting of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). During the
ministerial, she and her counterparts will discuss proposals to
strengthen the OSCE’s capacity to promote comprehensive security in
Eurasia, as well as meet with civil society representatives from across
the OSCE region The Secretary will also meet with Irish officials to
discuss areas of cooperation in promoting peace, human rights, and
economic growth and will deliver a major speech on U.S. achievements in
support of human rights globally.
Secretary Clinton will travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, December 7,
where she will meet with Northern Ireland officials and discuss the
peace process, the trilateral US-Ireland Research and Development
Partnership and economic opportunities for Northern Ireland. She will
attend an event hosted by The Ireland Funds - - a global fundraising
network supporting programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and
culture, education, and community development in Northern Ireland and
the Republic of Ireland.
According to the
Belfast Telegraph, Mme. Secretary will be meeting with more than Northern Irish officials in Belfast.
By Liam Clarke
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Bill and Hillary Clinton are to visit Northern Ireland on Friday, December 7, according to senior political sources in Dublin.
SNIP
The
plan is that she will attend the session on the 6th and travel North on
the 7th, where she will meet her husband Bill, the former US President.
SNIP
The
trip may be one of Mrs Clinton’s last foreign engagements as Secretary
of State, the equivalent of America’s Foreign Minister.
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If
the trip runs to plan, it will be a nostalgic occasion for Mrs Clinton
and her husband. The couple visited the province three times
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