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Ministers and senior officials from NATO and Partner countries are discussing Kosovo and the future of the Balkans, challenges in Afghanistan and issues related to energy security during a meeting in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, on 28 and 29 June.
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| 16.45 | Bilateral meeting with the NATO Secretary General and the Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1 | |
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| 19:15 | Welcome by the President of the Host Nation | |
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| 20:00 | Working dinner hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1 | |
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| • Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | |
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| • Opening statement by Antonio Milososki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Host Nation | |
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| Friday 29 June 2007 | |
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| 09:00 | Opening plenary meeting of the EAPC Security Forum | |
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| • Introductory remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | |
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| • Opening remarks by the Host Nation Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski | |
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| • Keynote speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | |
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| • Opening remarks by the Host Nation Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Imer Aliu | MP3 3.303Kb |
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| • Questions & answers | |
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| 10:20 | Official portrait | |
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| 10:35 | Bilateral meeting with the NATO Secretary General and the President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1 | |
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| 10:30 | Working groups | ||||
| • Panel 1 - Afghanistan: Winning the Conflict | MP3 48.919Kb |
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| Chairman: Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo | |||||
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| • Gen. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, first Deputy Defence Minister of Afghanistan | |||||
| • Mr. Espen Barth Eide, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Defence | |||||
| • Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, Deputy Chairman, Military Committee | |||||
| • H.E. Mrs. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Foreign Minister of Croatia | |||||
| • Panel 2 - Kosovo and the Future of the Balkans | MP3 44.156Kb |
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| Chairman: Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs & Security Policy, NATO | |||||
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| • H.E. Mr. Antonio Milošoski, Host Nation Foreign Minister | |||||
| • H.E. Mrs. Kinga Göncz, Foreign Minister of Hungary | |||||
| • H.E. Mr Ivailo Georgiev Kalfin, Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of Bulgaria | |||||
| • Mr. Jolyon Naegele, Director of the Office of Political Affairs, UNMIK | |||||
| • Panel 3 - Energy Security: Strategic Relationships and Dependable Supplies | MP3 46.569Kb |
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| Chairman: NATO Director of Policy Planning, Mr. Jamie Shea | |||||
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| • H.E. Mr. Elmar Mammedyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan | |||||
| • H.E. Mr. Karel Schwarzenberg, Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic | |||||
| • H.E. Mr. Talaibek Kydyrov, Foreign Affairs State Secretary, Kyrgyz Republic | |||||
| • Mr. Matt Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of State | |||||
| 11:45 | Secretary General's Press conference | |
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| 12:30 | Briefing on the discussions held in the Working Groups by the Secretary General and rapporteurs from each discussion group | |
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| 14:30 | Working groups | ||||
| • Panel 1 - Afghanistan: Winning the Peace | MP3 47.651Kb |
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| Chairman: Ambassador Maurits Jochems, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General | |||||
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| • Mr. Hekmat Karzai, Director, Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies, Kabul | |||||
| • Mrs. Christina Lamb, Author and Journalist with the Sunday Times, UK | |||||
| • Mr. Alastair McKechnie, World Bank Country Director for Afghanistan | |||||
| • Panel 2 - Prospects for the Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Balkans | MP3 48.943Kb |
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| Chairman: Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs & Security Policy, NATO | |||||
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| • H.E. Mr. Adrian Cioroianu, Foreign Minister of Romania | |||||
| • H.E. Mr. Luylzim Basha, Foreign Minister of Albania | |||||
| • H.E. Dr. Wolfgang Petritsch, Austrian Ambassador to the United Nations, WTO and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva | |||||
| • Mr. Gerald Knaus, President of the European Stability Initiative | |||||
| • Panel 3 - What role for NATO and other International Organizations? | MP3 45.892Kb |
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| Chairman: Dr. Patrick Hardouin, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General | |||||
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| • H.E. Mr. Grzegorz Wozniak, Economics Minister of Poland | |||||
| • Dr. Edward C. Chow, Senior Energy Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC | |||||
| • Ms. Dagmar Graczyk, Office of Global Energy Dialogue, International Energy Agency | |||||
| 16:30 | Closing plenary meeting of the EAPC Security Forum | |
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