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[News] Mrs Albright travel ...to Vietnam
> U.S. Department of State
> Office of the Spokesman
> Press Statement
>
>
>
>
> Press Statement by James P. Rubin, Spokesman
> August 16, 1999
>
> Travel of Secretary of State Albright to the
>Middle East and Asia
>
> Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will
>travel to the Middle East and
> Asia in September 1999.
>
> The Secretary will depart for the Middle East on
>Wednesday, September 1.
> While in the region, she will visit Morocco, Egypt,
>Israel, the West Bank
> and Gaza, Syria and Jordan.
>
> On September 1 Secretary Albright will meet with
>King Mohammed of
> Morocco and Prime Minister Yousouffi. From Morocco,
>she will travel to
> Egypt on September 2 to meet with President Mubarak
>and Foreign Minister
> Moussa. That evening she will travel to Israel to
>meet with Prime Minister
> Barak, and will remain overnight. On Friday,
>September 3, Secretary
> Albright will meet with Israeli officials,
>including Prime Minister Barak,
> President Weizmann, Foreign Minister Levy, and
>Likud party leader Ariel
> Sharon. The Secretary also will meet with PLO
>Chairman Arafat on Friday
> evening. On Saturday, September 4, the Secretary
>will travel to Syria to
> meet with President Assad. She will return to
>Israel Saturday evening. On
> Sunday, September 5, Secretary Albright will travel
>to Jordan, where she
> will meet with King Abdullah.
>
> The purpose of the Secretary's travel to the Middle
>East will be to promote
> progress on all tracks of the peace process and to
>consult with leaders on
> issues of bilateral concern.
>
> Following her visit to the Jordan, Secretary
>Albright will travel to Vietnam
> and New Zealand.
>
> Secretary Albright will arrive in Vietnam September
>5, where she will
> have discussions with senior Vietnamese leaders on
>a broad range of
> subjects. The U.S. and Vietnam have reached an
>agreement in principle on
> trade and investment that will permit improved
>commercial relations. The
> Secretary will emphasize the importance of further
>economic reform, as
> well as improvements in human rights and our close
>cooperation on the
> POW/MIA issue. In addition to her stop in Hanoi,
>the Secretary will visit
> Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, September 6, and will
>dedicate our new
> Consulate General on Tuesday, September 7.
>
> Secretary Albright will then travel to Auckland,
>New Zealand, arriving
> September 8, for the annual APEC (Asia Pacific
>Economic Coooperation
> Forum) ministerial meetings. The ministers will
>meet September 9-10 to
> discuss trade, financial, and other economic
>issues, including APEC's role
> in global trade liberalization in advance of the
>November WTO ministerial
> meeting in Seattle, opening markets, opportunities
>for expanding business in
> the region, and the after-effects of the regional
>financial crisis. While in
> Auckland, the Secretary will also have an
>opportunity to hold bilateral
> meetings with a number of key counterparts.
>
> The ministerial meetings will be followed by the
>September 12-13 APEC
> Leaders Meeting, which President Clinton will
>attend.
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