SLOVENES TO ATTEND 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000497 SIPDIS SIPDIS EUR/PGI (ELDRIDGE),EUR/NCE (HANSEN),IO/PPC (BATLLE),USUN (MCBRIDE),NSC (MCDONALD),EUR/ERA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA EUN SI SUBJECT: SLOVENES TO ATTEND 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REF: SECSTATE 101170 ¶1. (SBU) Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer Mateja Stojanovic informed Emboff on July 30 that Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel plan to attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City. Both will arrive in New York September 23 and depart September 27. Foreign Minister Rupel intends to visit Washington D.C. on September 28 for the opening of the new Slovenian Embassy building. His departure date has not been finalized yet. -------------- SLOVENIAN DELEGATION -------------- ¶2. (SBU) Prime Minister Jansa plans to speak at the General Debate. He will attend the scheduled EU-Troika (Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia) meeting with the U.S. on the margins of the UNGA. The Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes any suggestions for additional meetings with U.S. officials for PM Jansa and FM Rupel. Prime Minister Janez Jansa -------------- Arrival NYC: September 23 Departure NYC: September 27 Interpretation is not necessary. Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel -------------- Arrival NYC: September 23 Departure NYC: September 27 Arrival Wash DC: September 27 Departure Wash DC: September 29 (T) Interpretation is not necessary. ROBERTSON