Eurocommissaris Georgieva bezoekt de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek samen met Franse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (en)
European Commission
Press release
Brussels, 11 October 2013
Commissioner Georgieva visits the Central African Republic with French Foreign Minister Fabius
Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, will join the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Laurent Fabius, on a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) this Sunday, 13 October.
This will be the second visit to CAR by Commissioner Georgieva, who first visited CAR in July 2013 together with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, to assess the dramatic humanitarian situation. Commissioner Georgieva, Minister Fabius and Under-Secretary-General Amos also jointly hosted a ministerial meeting on the humanitarian crisis in CAR and the international response at this year's UN General Assembly, on 25 September.
In CAR, Minister Fabius and Commissioner Georgieva will notably meet the transitional authorities, visit a nutrition centre for children that is supported both by France and the EU, and meet representatives of civil society.
For more information:
IP/13/ 680 : Central African Republic: EU scales up humanitarian aid
Press release of the French Ministry of Foreign affairs on Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to visit Central African Republic:
Website of the European Commission's humanitarian aid and civil protection:
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/index_en.htm
Website of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva:
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/georgieva/index_en.htm
Facebook page of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva:
https://www.facebook.com/KristalinaGeorgieva
Follow Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva on twitter: @KGeorgievaEU
Contacts : Irina Novakova (+32 2 295 75 17) David Sharrock (+32 2 296 89 09) |