ZAGREB, Jan 31 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula in Brussels on Friday will participate in a seminar of the Centre for European Political Studies (CEPS) on results of a non-governmental conference which ended last year
in Nice by a European Union summit and the expansion of the EU. "This is a great meeting which carries a certain weight, and will be attended by numerous MPs, European commissioners and businessmen," a diplomatic source in Brussels told Hina on Wednesday over the phone. As a part of topic "Expansion: prospects and problems after Nice", Minister Picula will present Croatia's standpoint on the issue. Also speaking will be European Commissioner for the Expansion Guenther Verheugen. The arrival of Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson, whose country currently chairs the European Union, is expected on Thursday evening.(hina) it
ZAGREB, Jan 31 (Hina) - Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula in
Brussels on Friday will participate in a seminar of the Centre for
European Political Studies (CEPS) on results of a non-governmental
conference which ended last year in Nice by a European Union summit
and the expansion of the EU.
"This is a great meeting which carries a certain weight, and will be
attended by numerous MPs, European commissioners and businessmen,"
a diplomatic source in Brussels told Hina on Wednesday over the
phone.
As a part of topic "Expansion: prospects and problems after Nice",
Minister Picula will present Croatia's standpoint on the issue.
Also speaking will be European Commissioner for the Expansion
Guenther Verheugen.
The arrival of Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson, whose country
currently chairs the European Union, is expected on Thursday
evening.
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