9th Meeting of the Presidents of Central European States

On the invitation of the President of the Republic Milan Kucan, the Ninth Meeting of the Presidents of Central European States will take place in Slovenia from 31 May to 1 June. All the Central European presidents have confirmed their participation at the meeting. The majority of the presidents from the states in the wider central European area have also said they will attend, in response to the invitation extended to them at last year's meeting.

The ninth meeting, the largest and most important event of its kind ever to take place in Slovenia, will be attended by the presidents of 16 countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia and Slovenia.

The meeting will commence on the morning of Friday 31 May with the arrival of the presidents at Ljubljana airport. The President of the Republic Milan Kucan will receive the guests at Hotel Toplice in Bled. The main part of the meeting will be the session to be held at Brdo pri Kranju, where the presidents will focus on the role of Central Europe in an integrating Europe and the achievements of the transformation process in Central European states. The first day of the meeting will end with a ceremonial dinner at Hotel Toplice in Bled.

The second day will begin with the gathering of the presidents at the unveiling ceremony of a fountain at the Bled municipal offices. The fountain will be in commemoration of the ninth meeting of the presidents of Central European states. The presidents will then visit Bled castle. Following the final conclusions of the presidents' meeting a press conference will be held at Brdo pri Kranju for foreign and Slovene journalists. The meeting of the presidents of Central European states will end with an official lunch and accompanying programme.

During the two-day meeting of the presidents of Central European states at Brdo and Bled, events will take place in honour of the presidents (including official openings) that will remain after the meeting in commemoration of this prestigious meeting.

The 4th Meeting of the Presidents in Piran, June 1997 [Real Video Stream; Real Video Player required for viewing]

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