Meeting of foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group and Eastern Partnership countries in Krakow

2013-05-15, 10:47
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At the invitation of Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, the foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) and Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries will get together in Krakow to discuss the Eastern Partnership and its November summit in Vilnius.

The meeting, to be held on 17 May as part of Poland's V4 Presidency, will also be attended by High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle, as well as the foreign minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and the deputy foreign minister of Ireland – two countries holding the EU Presidency in 2013.

The ministers will also discuss possibilities of assisting Eastern partners in their measures for closer integration with the EU. The agenda will also include discussions on the situation in the individual partner countries and on the EaP's future after the Vilnius summit.

On 18 May Krakow will also host the final section of the 1st Visegrad Bicycle Race. The idea to organize a bike race linking the four Visegrad Group countries – Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – was put forward by Minister Radosław Sikorski. Close to 300 amateur cyclists will start the race on 17 May in the Hungarian capital, heading through Slovakia and the Czech Republic to reach Krakow on 18 May after a gruelling, 533 km ride.

According to msz.gov.pl 

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