November 30, 2001

SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN L. POWELL TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND EURASIA

 

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will travel to Europe and Eurasia from December 3 to 11, 2001. The trip will take the Secretary to Bucharest, Romania; Ankara, Turkey; Brussels, Belgium; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Astana, Kazakhstan; Moscow, Russia; Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; and London, England.

The trip will involve several multilateral meetings, beginning in Bucharest with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In Brussels, the Secretary will attend a series of meetings at NATO headquarters, with NATO allies, partners, Russia and Ukraine and will participate in a NATO - EU ministerial meeting.

Throughout his trip, the Secretary will be consulting with coalition partners about the war on terrorism. His discussions will encompass the immediate and long-term challenges of rebuilding a post-Taliban Afghanistan. The Secretary will also continue the important work of recasting U.S. relationships with key countries in the region and press forward with efforts to secure democracy and human rights, building a Europe "whole, free and at peace."

For further information, please contact the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Press Office, at 202-647-6925 or the State Department Press Office at 202-647-2492.