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<html> <head> <meta name="Generator" content="Corel WordPerfect 8"> <title>MANLEY VISIT TO EGYPT, GAZA CITY, JORDAN AND ISRAEL</title> </head> <body text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#551a8b" alink="#ff0000" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"> John Manley, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs<ins>,</ins> will visit Egypt, Gaza City, Jordan and Israel from May 6 to 13, 2001. In meetings with regional leaders, the Minister will focus on the situation in the Middle East and bilateral relations. In Jordan, Mr. Manley will be officially inaugurating the Canadian-funded Regional Human Security Centre in Amman prior to participating in the Human Security Network Ministerial Meeting in Petra, hosted by the Jordanian government, with representatives from Austria, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland and Thailand. Mr. Manley will visit Egypt on May 7 and 8, where he will meet with Foreign Minister Amre Moussa, President Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Atef Ebeid. On May 9, he will meet with Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath and Chairman Yasser Arafat in Gaza City and tour the Al Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital, an institution which has received funding from the Canadian International Development Agency. On May 10, in Amman, Jordan, Minister Manley will meet with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib. The two will then participate in a plaque-unveiling ceremony marking the official inauguration of the Regional Human Security Centre, which has received Canadian support. Minister Manley will also tour the facility, present the Centre with a gift of Canadian art and sign a letter of intent to provide continued Canadian funding for this initiative. On May 11 and 12, Minister Manley will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Human Security Network (HSN) in Petra, Jordan. The themes of the meeting will be peace support operations, the link between human security and human development, and children and human security. On the first day of the meeting, the Minister will officially launch the HSN Web site. On the second day, Mr. Manley will participate in the closing news conference. On May 13, Minister Manley will be in Jerusalem, where he will meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He will also participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem, visit <ins>f</ins>ormer Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's grave and tour the new Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. <ins></ins>MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES* EGYPT: Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa Date: Monday, May 7, 2001 Time: 7:00 p.m. (tbc) Place: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Corniche El-Nil, Boulaq Media Availability: Minister Manley and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa Date: Monday, May 7, 2001 Time: 7:30 p.m.(tbc) Place: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Corniche El-Nil, Boulaq May 2, 2001 No. 28/Nº 28 Le 2 mai 2001 Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 Time: TBC Place: Presidential Palace Heliopolis Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 Time: TBC Place: TBC GAZA CITY: Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Chairman Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Time: 12:30 p.m. (tbc) Place: Presidential Palace Al-Muntada, Gaza City Media Availability: Minister Manley and Chairman Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Time: 3:30 p.m.(tbc) Place: Presidential Palace Al-Muntada, Gaza City Media Availability/Tour of CIDA-Funded Project: Minister Manley Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Time: 4:30 p.m. (tbc) Place: Al Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital Gaza City JORDAN Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 Time: 10:00 a.m. (tbc) Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3rd Circle, Amman Photo Opportunity/Media Availability: Plaque-Unveiling Ceremony at Official Inauguration of Regional Human Security Centre/Tour of Premises/Signing Ceremony Related to Centre Funding/Presentation of Canadian Gift to the Centre In Attendance: Minister Manley and [His Royal Highness Prince Hassan tbc]; His Excellency Abdul Ilah Khatib, Foreign Minister of Jordan; His Excellency Dr. Kamel Abu Jaber, Director, Jordan Institute of Diplomacy and former Foreign Minister; and Dr. Atif Odibat, Director, Regional Human Security Centre Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 Time: 3:00 p.m. (tbc) Place: Jordanian Institute of Diplomacy Off of 6th Circle, Amman Photo Opportunity and/or Media Availability during Minister Manley's Tour of Petra Ruins with Other Ministers Participating in the HSN Ministerial Meeting Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 Time: 8:00 a.m.(tbc) Place: Petra ruins Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Other Foreign Ministers Participating in HSN Ministerial Meeting Date: Friday, May 11, 2001 Time: 2:00 p.m.(tbc) Place: Movenpick Nabatean Castle Hotel, Petra Wadi Mousa (tel: 962 3 215 7201) Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley Launching HSN Web Site Date: Saturday, May 12, 2001 Time: 11:00 a.m. (tbc) Place: Movenpick Nabatean Castle Hotel, Petra Wadi Mousa (tel: 962 3 215 7201) Wrap-Up HSN Ministerial News Conference (TBC) Date: Saturday, May 12, 2001 Time: 11:45 a.m. (tbc) Place: Moevenpick Nabatean Castle Hotel, Petra Wadi Mousa (tel: 962 3 215 7201) ISRAEL: <ins></ins>Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Tour of Museum/Wreath-Laying Ceremony/Signing of Visitors Book Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 Time: 10:00 a.m. (tbc) Place: Hall of Remembrance, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley Participating in a Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Mount Herzl Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 Time: 11:30 a.m. (tbc) Place: Tomb of Yitzhak Rabin Mount Herzl, Jerusalem Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 Time: 12:00 p.m.(tbc) Place: Jerusalem Hotel (tbc) Media Availability: Minister Manley and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 Time: 2:00 p.m.(tbc) Place: Jerusalem Hotel (tbc) Photo Opportunity and Media Availability: Minister Manley and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres Touring New Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building Built by a Canadian Company Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 Time: TBC Place: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kiryat Hamemshala (Government Quarters), Jerusalem Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001 Time: 5:00 p.m.(tbc) Place: Prime Minister's Office 3 Kaplan, Jerusalem<ins></ins> *All events subject to scheduling changes. For more information, please contact: Sanjeev Chowdhury Media Relations Office Press Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (613) 995-1851 (613) 995-1874 </body> </html>

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