On Tuesday President Meri will have meetings in New York with Steve Forbes, Publisher, Chairman of Forbes Inc., and other leading business people, and with Jack Hennessy, President of Credit Suisse, one of the world's biggest banks, and other top bankers. On Wednesday President Meri will give talks in Washington: at the European Institute; at a lunch given by Carnegie Endowment and devoted to the security of the Baltic states; and in the Council on Foreign Relations. On Thursday the Presidents of the three Baltic countries will attend a dinner given by the North Atlantic Initiative, a think-tank advocating NATO enlargement, in the American Enterprise Institute.
The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Presidents will give a joint press conference in Washington. Further, Lennart Meri's schedule includes a meeting with the New York Times columnist William Safire (Jan. 13), an interview to the Washington Post analyst Jim Hoagland (Jan. 15) and a meeting with Radio Free Europe analyst Paul Goble (Jan. 16).
The President will be accompanied on his visit by Jaanus Pikani, Director of the President's Office; Kaja Tael, the President's Foreign Policy Counsellor; Jüri Luik, Estonia's Ambassador to NATO; Indrek Tarand, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Sven Jürgenson, Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Political Department; and Miko Haljas, the Ministry's Third Secretary. The President will return to Tallinn on Monday, January 19.
The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Presidents will give a joint press conference in Washington. Further, Lennart Meri's schedule includes a meeting with the New York Times columnist William Safire (Jan. 13), an interview to the Washington Post analyst Jim Hoagland (Jan. 15) and a meeting with Radio Free Europe analyst Paul Goble (Jan. 16).
The President will be accompanied on his visit by Jaanus Pikani, Director of the President's Office; Kaja Tael, the President's Foreign Policy Counsellor; Jüri Luik, Estonia's Ambassador to NATO; Indrek Tarand, Permanent Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Sven Jürgenson, Director-General of the Foreign Ministry's Political Department; and Miko Haljas, the Ministry's Third Secretary. The President will return to Tallinn on Monday, January 19.
