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Today, Tuesday, May 27, President Clinton spends his day in
Paris, France meeting with European leaders and signing the historic
NATO-Russia Founding Act. In the evening the President travels to The Hague.
Major events of the President's day include:
France
Bilateral Meeting with President
Chirac
Signing Ceremony for the NATO-Russia
Founding Act
Bilateral Meeting with
President Yeltsin
The Hague Arrival
Ceremony
Bilateral Meeting with President Chirac
Upon arrival in Paris, the President will proceed directly to his
bilateral meeting with President Chirac. The meeting provides President Clinton
with an opportunity to thank President Chirac for hosting the NATO-Russia
summit as well as for his efforts to help bring closure to this historic
agreement and to thank, on behalf of the American people, the people of France
for their hospitality and cooperation. This meeting also serves as an
opportunity to renew the friendship America and France share in helping to
define the new Euro-Atlantic community.
Signing Ceremony for the NATO-Russia Founding
Act
President Clinton will join Presidents Chirac and Yeltsin, NATO
Secretary General Solana and other European leaders to sign the NATO-Russia
Founding Act. This agreement allows NATO to enlarge and strengthen the Atlantic
Alliance while building a partnership between NATO and Russia. The signing
ceremony will be followed by a group photo in the Park D'Elysee and a luncheon
hosted by President Chirac in the State Dining Room of Elysee Palace.
Participants at the NATO-Russia Founding Act signing include:
President Bill Clinton, United States
Secretary General Javier
Solana, NATO
President Jacques Chirac, France
President Boris Yeltsin,
Russia
Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgium
Prime Minister Jean
Chretien, Canada
Prime Minister Paul Nyrup Rasmussen, Denmark
Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Germany
Prime Minister Konstandinos Simitis,
Greece
Prime Minister David Oddsson, Iceland
Prime Minister Romano
Prodi, Italy
Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker, Luxembourg
Prime
Minister Wim Kok, Netherlands
Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland, Norway
Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, Portugal
President Jose Maria Aznar,
Spain
Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey
Prime Minister Tony
Blair, United Kingdom
Bilateral Meeting with President Yeltsin
President Clinton will meet with President Yeltsin at the American
Ambassador's Residence in Paris. The meeting provides President Clinton with an
opportunity to reaffirm the commitment America has to deepening cooperation
between the United States and France on a broad range of bilateral issues. The
meeting is also an opportunity for President Clinton to underscore his
commitment to making NATO and Russia full partners in the security of Europe as
we enter the 21st century. President Clinton is likely to restate his
determination to see that an enlarged NATO neither marginalizes nor isolates
Russia, and that it more fully integrates Russia into the mainstream of an
undivided Europe. Following his meeting with President Yeltsin, President
Clinton will depart Paris for the Hague.
Arrival Ceremony
The President will be welcomed to the Hague by Queen Beatrix upon his
arrival at Noordeinde Palace. Following the arrival ceremony, the President
will retire for the night at Noordeinde Palace.
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