Press release
02 February 2012
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Carl Bildt to the US to launch SIPRI North America
This weekend, 3-5 February, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt will be attending the Munich Security Conference, where foreign and security policy issues will be in focus.
Mr Bildt will be moderating the panel discussion entitled 'Energy, Resources, and the Environment: New Security Parameters?' Also attending will be Hillary Clinton, Hamadi Jebali, Henry A. Kissinger, Kenneth Roth, Ahmet Davutoglu, Amr Moussa, Kevin Rudd, Leon Panetta and Robert B. Zoellick.
Mr Bildt will then leave for Washington DC, where he will be from 6-8 February. Jointly with Dr Zbigniew Brzezinski (former US national security advisor) he will launch SIPRI North America and have talks with representatives of the State Department, the Senate, the World Bank, the IMF and the National Security Council on issues including the political situation in Iran and internet freedom.
Programme points:
Monday 6 February
Seminar with Dr Zbigniew Brzezinski (former US national security advisor) on the theme 'Peace and Security in 2030: What role for Europe and the United States?' Organised by SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) to launch the newly opened SIPRI North America office.
Time: 16.30-18.00
Place: House of Sweden,Washington DC
Media representatives are welcome to attend (advance registration necessary).
Tuesday 7 February
Lunch on the theme 'Freedom on the Internet' with Alec Ross from the State Department, Colin Crowell, Twitter, and Michael Nelson, CSC Leading Edge Forum.
Please contact Press Secretary Anna Charlotta Johansson if you would like to register for the SIPRI seminar, request an interview or require any further information.
Contact
Anna Charlotta Johansson(journalists only) Press Secretary to Carl Bildt
+46 8 405 54 73
+46 70 356 30 32
email to Anna Charlotta Johansson
