24.06.2009 – 25.06.2009
EAPC Security Forum
Astana, Kazakhstan
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All timings are local time (GMT+6)
| Wednesday 24 June 2009 |  |
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| Views of Astana | |
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| 10:00 | Bilateral meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Marat Tazhin | |
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| 11:00 | NATO Secretary General addresses the Academy of State | ENG | |
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| 12:30 | Bilateral meeting with acting Minister of Defence Mukhtar Altynbayev | |
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| 15:00 | Bilateral meeting with Chairman of the Senate Kasymzhomart Tokaev | |
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| 20:00 | Working dinner hosted by the Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan and chaired by the NATO Secretary General | |
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| Thursday 25 June 2009 | |
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| 10:00 | Opening plenary meeting of the EAPC Security Forum | |
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| • Welcoming remarks by the NATO Secretary General | ENG | MP3 1746Kb |
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| Keynote speeches: Security through Partnership | |||||
| • President's remarks by H.E. Marat Tazhin Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan | MP3 1949KB |
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| • H.E. Marat Tazhin Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan | MP3 4176Kb |
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| • H.E. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Secretary General | ENG/FR | MP3 5696KB |
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| • H.E. Per Stig Møller Foreign Minister of Denmark | ENG | MP3 6028Kb |
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| 11:00 | Working groups | ||||
| Group 1 - Afghanistan: The International Community’s Response chaired by Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, Deputy Secretary General of NATO | |||||
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| Alexander Vershbow Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs, US | |||||
| Dr. Davood Moradian Senior Policy Advisor to the Afghan Foreign Minister and Director General MFA Centre for Strategic Studies | |||||
| Amb. Aapo Pölhö Head of Finnish Mission to NATO | |||||
| Mr. Nick Grono Deputy President, International Crisis Group | |||||
| Group 2 - Regional Perspectives: Common Security Issues in Central Asia chaired by Robert F. Simmons Jr. Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia | |||||
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| H.E. Marat Tazhin Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan | |||||
| H.E. Bolat Nurgaliev Secretary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation | |||||
| Amb.Pierre Morel EUSR for Central Asia and for the crisis in Georgia | |||||
| Amb. Miroslav Jenca UNSGSR, Head of UN Centre for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia | |||||
| Dr. Shirin Akiner University of Cambridge | |||||
| Group 3 - Energy Security: Cooperation in the Caspian and Black Sea Regions chaired by Ambassador Martin Erdmann Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy |
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| H.E. Asset Magauov Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan | |||||
| H.E. Tomáš Pojar First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (EU Presidency) | |||||
| Ms. Zeyno Baran Dir. Center for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute, Washington | |||||
| 12:45 | Plenary meeting and briefing on morning panel discussion groups | |
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| 13:00 | Press conference by the NATO Secretary General | ENG | MP3 8227Kb |
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| 14:30 | Working groups | ||||
| Group 1 - Normalising the Situation in Afghanistan, the Role of Afghanistan’s Neighbours chaired by Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, Deputy Secretary General of NATO | |||||
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| Bulat Sembinov Deputy Minister of Defence of Kazakhstan | |||||
| Ruslan Kazakbaev First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic | |||||
| Dr. Davood Moradian Senior Policy Advisor to the Afghan Foreign Minister and Director General MFA Centre for Strategic Studies | |||||
| Amb.Sir Stewart Eldon UK Permanent Representative to NATO | |||||
| Group 2 - Regional Perspectives: Security Challenges in the Caucasus chaired by Robert F. Simmons Jr. Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia | |||||
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| Amb. Unal Cevikoz Deputy Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Turkish MFA | |||||
| Mr. Peter Semneby EUSR for the Caucasus | |||||
| Mr. Dennis Sammut Executive Director LINKS | |||||
| Group 3 - Energy Security: Prospects for Public-Private Partnership chaired by Ambassador Martin Erdmann Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy |
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| H.E. Bogdan Aurescu Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania | |||||
| H.E. Asta Skaisgiryte Liauskiene Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania | |||||
| Mehmet Ogutcu Director, British Gas Group Energy Holding | |||||
| Mr. Mehmet Ogutcu Director, British Gas Group Energy Holding | |||||
| 16:15 | Closing Plenary meeting of the EAPC Security Forum | |
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| • Closing remarks by the Chairman Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero Deputy Secretary General of NATO | |||||
| • Closing remarks by H.E. Marat Tazhin, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan | |||||
For the media
- NATO Press Release(2009)073 - 27 May 2009
- Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Security Forum - Astana, Kazakhstan - 24-25 June 2009
- OTAN Communiqué de presse(2009)073 - 27 mai 2009
- Forum du Conseil de partenariat euro-atlantique (CPEA) sur la sécurité - Astana (Kazakhstan) - 24-25 juin 2009