Programma EU-VS Top

Met dank overgenomen van Zweeds voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2009 i, gepubliceerd op vrijdag 30 oktober 2009.

On Tuesday, 3 November Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the Swedish EU Presidency, will take part in the EU-USA summit with US President Barack Obama in Washington. The meeting will focus on climate change, the global economic and financial crisis and current external relations issues, particularly Afghanistan and Iran.

Also attending the summit are Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. It will be the first formal summit between the EU and the USA for the Obama administration.

The summit is an important event ahead of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. The summit is also an opportunity to build on relations between the EU and the USA, with focus on how the EU and the USA can work together in the world to promote peace, prosperity and democracy.

In connection with the summit, a new initiative for energy cooperation between the EU and the USA will be launched. The EU delegation will include Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and the Commissioners for External Relations, Energy and Science & Research. The USA will be represented by Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In connection with the summit, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet to discuss current external relations issues.

Programme points:

Tuesday, 3 November

12.30 Lunch meeting between Vice-President Joseph Biden, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and President of the Commission José Manuel Barroso.

14.30 EU-USA summit opens.

Place: The White House

ca. 16.00 Press conference in the Rose Garden with President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and President of the Commission José Manuel Barroso.

Please contact the head of press/press secretary to the respective minister for more information on press opportunities.

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