Dutch Foreign Minister to Visit Estonia

05.03.2010

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Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen will be in Estonia for a working visit on Monday, 8 March. The Dutch foreign minister has a meeting planned with Foreign Minister Urmas Paet. At their meeting, they will be discussing current topics related to the European Union: Estonia’s euro aspirations, the location of the EU IT agency, the European External Action Service, and the economic situation. The international topics they will focus on are the situation in Afghanistan, NATO’s Strategic Concept, EU-Russia relations, and Eastern Partnership.

After their meeting the foreign ministers will give a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry. Before his departure the Dutch foreign minister will also visit the ICT Demo Centre and Tallinn’s Old Town.

Attention!

Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen will give a joint press conference in the Foreign Ministry press centre on Monday, 8 March at 13.40.

Attention journalists!

If you would like to attend the press conference, please let the Foreign Ministry press centre know at centre@mfa.ee or by phone at 637 7630 by Monday, 8 March at 10.00.

We ask that journalists arrive no later than 13.30 on 8 March. Enter the Foreign Ministry’s B-annexe from the guest entrance at Lauteri 2. Please bring along a photo ID!

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