Solana and Patten arrive in Belgrade

Belgrade, March 13, 2003 - EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and EU External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten will meet Thursday in the Serbian government's cabinet building with Serbian Parliament Speaker and Acting Serbian President Natasa Micic, Federal Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic, Assistant Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Aleksandra Joksimovic, Nebojsa Covic and other Serbian deputy prime ministers, read a statement by the Serbian government.

EU officials are scheduled to meet with:

• 15.15 - Serbian Parliament Speaker and Acting Serbian President Natasa Micic

• 15.35 - Federal Interior Minister Zoran Zivkovic and Assistant Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Aleksandra Joksimovic

• 16.00 - Nebojsa Covic and other Serbian deputy prime ministers

• 16.30 - A joint press conference will be held at the Serbian government.