Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis and Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis will attend the proceedings of the 66th UN General Assembly, in New York.
During Ministerial Week and on the margins of the General Assembly, Mr. Lambrinidis will have the opportunity to participate in a number of multilateral and bilateral meetings with colleagues and representatives of international organizations. Specifically, Mr. Lambrinidis will participate in the UN High Level Symposium on Combating Terrorism, the second part of which – entitled “Promoting dialogue, understanding and countering the appeal of terrorism” – he will address. He will also participate in a meeting of Foreign Ministers being organized by the International Peace Institute (IPI) and the Foreign Ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Luxembourg.
The Foreign Minister is to participate in a number of meetings on the Middle East issue and the meeting on Libya, with the framework of the Friends of Libya group, and he will also participate in the EU meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister, as well as meetings with regional organizations, including the SEECP, AII and BSEC.
During his stay in New York, Mr. Lambrinidis will meet with representatives of the Greek American community and with His Eminence Archbishop of America Demetrios.
September 16, 2011