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12th Annual review conference on the foreign policy of the Slovak Republic in 2010

28 April 2011, Congress Hall, MFA SR

8.00 – 8.45 Registration;

8.45 – 9.00 Opening statements;

Juraj Stern, President of the Board of Directors, SFPA;

Agáta Pešková, Deputy head of the KAS Representation Office for Slovakia;

9.00 – 10.30 Panel I. Foreign policy of Slovakia: evaluation and prospects ;

Chair: Juraj Stern, President of the Board of Directors, SFPA;

9.00 – 9.15 Ivan Gašparovič, President of the Slovak Republic;

9.15 – 9.30 Iveta Radičová, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic;

9.30 – 9.45 Mikuláš Dzurinda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic;

9.45 – 10.30 Discussion;

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee Break;

10.45 – 12.45 Panel II. Priorities of the Slovakia’s foreign policy;

Chair: Pavol Demeš, Member of the Board of Directors, RC SFPA ;

10.45 – 10.55 Vladimír Bilčík, Analyst, RC SFPA: Slovakia in the EU;

10.55 – 11.05 Martin Bútora, Honorary president, IVO: Slovakia’s security policy;

11.05 – 11.15 Tomáš Strážay, Analyst, RC SFPA: Regional cooperation;

11.15 – 11.25 Balázs Jarábik, Analyst, FRIDE: Eastern partnership;

11.25 – 11.35 Július Lörincz, Free-lance journalist: Western Balkans;

11.35 – 11.45 Comments: Peter Michalko, Director of the DG for political affairs, MFA SR ;

11.45 – 12.45 Discussion

12.45 – 14.30 Luncheon

14.30 – 16.00 Panel III. Foreign policy in the agenda of the political parties

(discussion with the representatives of the political parties)

Chair: Rastislav Káčer, President of the Board of Directors, SAC;

Martin Dilong, KDH;

Juraj Droba, SaS;

Oľga Algayerová, SMER-SD;

Zoltán Bara, Most-Híd;

Ivan Štefanec, SDKÚ-DS;

Augustín Jozef Lang, SNS;

16.00 – 16.15 Concluding remarks

Alexander Duleba, Director, RC SFPA;

Milan Ježovica, State Secretary of the MFA SR;

16.15 Glass of wine