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Ljubljana, 13 May 2002
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At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr
Milan Kucan, the 9th Meeting of the Presidents of Central European
States will be held in Slovenia on 31 May and 1 June 2002. The
organisation committee headed by the Secretary General of the Office
of the President, Mr Marjan Siftar, informed the representatives of
participating countries today of the progress of preparations for this
extremely important international event. Thematic, information,
promotion, protocol and security aspects of the meeting which form the
basis of preparations and implementation were presented to advance
delegations. Preparations have started as early as last year and are
carried out by more than 20 state bodies and services which as so
often in the past try to provide optimum conditions for this
meeting. The representatives were satisfied with the preparatory work
carried out to date.
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This year's meeting of presidents will be undoubtedly the most
significant and largest multilateral meeting ever to take place in
Slovenia and in the history of the meetings of Central European
presidents. The title of the meeting will be: "Central Europe as
a link in the integrating Europe - achievements of transformation
processes in Central Europe". In his letter to participating
heads of state President Milan Kucan invited them to reflect on the
following topics of the meeting: Europe and its identity in the
context of a globalised world; the impact of the European Union and
NATO enlargement processes on the creation of European identity;
Convention on the Future of Europe in the context of topical
political, economic, security and cultural challenges; the present
"European order" as a factor in the protection of political
democracy, stability, peace and security in Europe and in the
stabilisation of conflicting tendencies - potential threats to these
values; the role of Central Europe in transformation processes in
south-eastern Europe; and other.
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