Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the oversea visits, excluding attendance at EU Council, he will make before 31 December 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13422/09]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out below.

It is my intention to attend the EU-US Summit which will be held on 5 April in Prague where EU leaders will meet with US President Barack Obama. The summit will address issues of global financial architecture and consequences of the financial crisis, energy and climate change and broader foreign policy topics. I have also received an invitation from Prime Minister Topolanek to travel to Prague on 7 May for a summit to mark the formal launch of the Eastern Partnership initiative on which the European Council adopted a declaration at the Spring European Council. The initiative is designed to promote stability, good governance and economic development in those countries to the East of the Union's borders (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine). I will also travel to Jersey in October to attend the thirteenth British Irish Council Summit.