MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN

UNCLAS SKOPJE 000913 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/SCE, NEA/I (PETER EVANS) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV MOPS MK IZ SUBJECT: MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN CENTCOM CONFERENCE ON IRAQ REF: STATE 155973 ¶1. (U) P/E Chief delivered reftel invitation to participate in the October 3-5 CENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference in Warsaw to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on September 21. Ilievski confirmed on September 26 that he would attend the Conference, together with Brigadier General Zoran Dimov from the Ministry of Defense. ¶2. (SBU) Ilievski is the third-ranking official in the MFA, following the Foreign Minister and Deputy FM. A fluent English and Polish speaker, he is a graduate of Warsaw University (M.A., 2002) and the Warsaw Diplomatic Academy (2004). Name: Ilievski, Igor Title: State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Macedonia Contact Information: tel. 00-389-2-3110-333; email: igor.ilievski@mfa.gov.mk; address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dame Gruev 6, 1000 Skopje Security Clearance: NATO Confidential Travel Details: Will arrive Warsaw October 2, and depart the afternoon of October 5. Further travel details are not yet available. The Macedonian Embassy in Warsaw will arrange his transportation from the airport to the hotel. ¶3. (U) Ilievski plans to travel with MFA Junior Desk Officer Magdalena Vladeva, who will prepare additional bilateral meetings in Warsaw with Polish officials. MILOVANOVIC