MEDIA ADVISORIES

John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) from May 26 to 28, 2001. On May 29 and 30, the Minister will participate in a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Budapest, Hungary. On May 30, the Minister will also visit Bratislava, Slovakia.

Mr. Manley will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 26. In Sarajevo, he will meet with Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija and with the Commander of SFOR Lieutenant-General Michael Dodson. In Tomislavgrad, Mr. Manley will visit Camp Normandy, the Canadian peacekeeping base.

On May 27, Mr. Manley will visit Kosovo. In Pristina, he will meet with Albanian political party leaders Ibrahim Rugova, Hashim Thaci and Ramush Haradinaj, with KFOR Commander General Skiaker, and with Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN Gary Mathews.

On May 28, the Minister will be in Belgrade, the FRY, where he will meet with Vojislav Kostunica, President of the FRY, Zoran Zizic, Prime Minister of the FRY, with Goran Svilanovic, Foreign Minister of the FRY, and with Zoran Djindjic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia. The Minister will also participate in a public send-off of humanitarian aid to Southern Serbia.

From May 29 to 30, Minister Manley will participate in the NATO Ministerial in Budapest.

On May 30, the Minister will also travel to Bratislava, Slovakia, where he will meet with Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia, Mikulas Dzurinda, Prime Minister of Slovakia, and Eduard Kukan, Foreign Minister of Slovakia.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES*

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:

Media availability: Minister Manley and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Minister Lagumdzija

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2001

Time: 10:45 a.m.

Location: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sarajevo

Photo opportunity: Minister Manley and SFOR Commander Lieutenant-General Dodson

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2001

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Location: SFOR Headquarters

Camp Butmir, Sarajevo

KOSOVO:

Media availability: Minister Manley and Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN Mathews

Date: Sunday, May 27, 2001

Time: 3:15 p.m.

Location: UNMIK Government Building, Ground Floor

Pristina

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FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA:

Media availability: Minister Manley and FRY Foreign Minister Svilanovic

Date: Monday, May 28, 2001

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Belgrade

Media availability: Minister Manley and FRY President Kostunica

Date: Monday, May 28, 2001

Time: 11:45 a.m.

Location: Palace of the Federation

Belgrade

Media availability: Public send-off of humanitarian aid to Southern Serbia

In attendance: Minister Manley and CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc.) representatives

Date: Monday, May 28, 2001

Time: 2:45 p.m.

Location: Palace of the Federation

Belgrade

HUNGARY:

Photo opportunity: Group photo, NATO Ministers

Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2001

Time: 12:35 p.m.

Location: Budapest Convention Centre

Budapest

SLOVAKIA:

Media availability: Minister Manley and Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Minister Kukan

Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2001

Time: 5:15 p.m.

Location: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Hlboka cesta 2

Bratislava

*All events subject to scheduling changes.

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