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Agence France Presse
May 26 2012
Clinton to visit Turkey, Scandinavia, Georgia
(AFP)
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey in a weeklong
trip starting May 31, according to her spokeswoman.
The tour will kick off in Copenhagen, where Clinton will meet senior
Danish officials before traveling the next day to Oslo and give a
keynote address at a global health conference.
On June 3, Clinton will travel to Stockholm for meetings with Swedish
officials to discuss green energy, Internet freedom, Afghanistan and
the Middle East, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in
a statement, released on Friday.
"The secretary will travel to the Caucasus from June 4 to 7. In all
these countries, she will discuss important issues of regional
security, democracy, economic development and counterterrorism," the
statement added.
In Armenia on June 4, the Secretary will meet with President Serzh
Sarkisian and other senior Armenian officials. She will also meet with
Armenian civil society leaders.
On June 5, Clinton will open the US-Georgia Strategic Partnership
Commission plenary session in Batumi, Georgia, and the following day
will travel to Azerbaijan to meet with President Ilham Aliyev.
The trip will end with Clinton co-chairing the Global Counterterrorism
Forum ministerial meeting in Istanbul, where she will also discuss
foreign policy challenges, including Syria and Iran, with senior
Turkish officials.
May 26 2012
Clinton to visit Turkey, Scandinavia, Georgia
(AFP)
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey in a weeklong
trip starting May 31, according to her spokeswoman.
The tour will kick off in Copenhagen, where Clinton will meet senior
Danish officials before traveling the next day to Oslo and give a
keynote address at a global health conference.
On June 3, Clinton will travel to Stockholm for meetings with Swedish
officials to discuss green energy, Internet freedom, Afghanistan and
the Middle East, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in
a statement, released on Friday.
"The secretary will travel to the Caucasus from June 4 to 7. In all
these countries, she will discuss important issues of regional
security, democracy, economic development and counterterrorism," the
statement added.
In Armenia on June 4, the Secretary will meet with President Serzh
Sarkisian and other senior Armenian officials. She will also meet with
Armenian civil society leaders.
On June 5, Clinton will open the US-Georgia Strategic Partnership
Commission plenary session in Batumi, Georgia, and the following day
will travel to Azerbaijan to meet with President Ilham Aliyev.
The trip will end with Clinton co-chairing the Global Counterterrorism
Forum ministerial meeting in Istanbul, where she will also discuss
foreign policy challenges, including Syria and Iran, with senior
Turkish officials.