Alternate Foreign Minister Droutsas on visit to the U.S.

(Washington/New York, 1-4 February 2010)

Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas will travel to Washington today and will meet on Tuesday, 2 February, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.

During his stay in Washington, Mr. Droutsas will also meet (2 February 2010) with the Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Mr. Howard Berman, and the Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, Senator Benjamin Cardin. On the evening of Tuesday, 2 February, he will participate in a roundtable discussion at the Brookings Institute.

On Wednesday, 3 February, Mr. Droutsas will hold meetings at the UN headquarters in New York and will speak at Columbia University.

On Thursday, 4 February, the Alternate Foreign Minister will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, with whom he will discuss, among other things, developments in the Cyprus issue following the Secretary General’s visit to Cyprus, as well as the FYROM name issue.

Alternate FM Droutsas’ statements following his meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Clinton and Deputy Secretary Steinberg (Washington)

Alternate FM Droutsas’ interview with UN correspondents (New York, 4 February 2010)