Foreign Minister Lajčák travels to Washington

Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák travelled to Washington D.C. on January 29 where he will meet with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice.

Foreign Minister Miroslav LajčákForeign Minister Miroslav Lajčák (Source: TASR)

They will discuss the security situation in Europe in context of the Ukrainian crisis and relations with Russia, and also the fight against terrorism and extremists from the so-called Islamic State, the press department of the Foreign Ministry informed the TASR newswire.

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Lajčák will also attend the conference on Trans-Atlantic strategy for eastern Europe and the European Union’s Eastern Partnership policy meeting on January 30 where – as one of the main lecturers – he will talk about the impacts of the situation in Ukraine on EU policy and possibilities of Trans-Atlantic partners to respond to challenges brought by the Ukrainian crisis. 

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