Within the framework of the "Western Balkans and the EU" lecture cycle
the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES)
invites You kindly to take part at the lecture entitled
THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA ON THE WAY TO THE EU
delivered by
Mr. Ilir Meta,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania.
The lecture will be held on Friday, 12 February 2010, at 16 h
in the Auditorium of Center Evropa at Dalmatinova 4 in Ljubljana
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania Mr. Ilir Meta will present Albanian's foreign policy and its efforts to join the EU. He will present the future activities of Albanian foreign policy, with special emphasis on the EU. The prominent guest will also speak about the current issues of the country’s foreign policy.
Ilir Meta was born on March 24, 1969 in Albania. He graduated from Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana in 1992, where he also pursued his postgraduate studies.
Ilir Meta has been engaged in politics since 1990 as an active participant in the students’ movement that brought political pluralism to Albania.
In November 1999, Ilir Meta became Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania and after the general parliamentary elections he won the second mandate, lasting from September 2001 until February 2002. During this period, Albania engaged in a range of important reforms, joining the Process of Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU.
As of 17 September 2009, Mr. Meta is Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania. In the previous parliamentary legislature he held the Chairmanship of the Parliamentary Commission of European Integration.
Ilir Meta is the Leader of the Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) founded in September 2004.
The lecture will be delivered in the English language.
The lecture will be followed by a discussion, moderated by
Zijad Bećirović and Bakhatyar Aljaf.
Please take your seat at the latest by 15.55 h.
Attendance is free of charge. Please confirm your participation at telephone number (01) 430 15 33 or at ifimes@ifimes.org.
The realisation of the event in Center Evropa was enabled by Government Communication Office and European Commission Representation in Slovenia.
Ljubljana, 9 February 2010
You can listen to the recording here:
>>lecture entitled "THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA ON THE WAY TO THE EU"
