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Executive Council
April 16, 2009
Media Advisory: Minister to Meet with
EU Embassy Representatives on Seal Hunt
The Honourable Dave Denine, Minister for
Intergovernmental Affairs, is in Ottawa to meet with representatives of
the embassies of several European Union (EU) member states to discuss
the seal hunt and the proposed ban on seal products by the EU. These
meetings build on the Provincial Government�s ongoing efforts to ensure
that EU member states are well informed about the seal harvest and its
important implications from both an economic and fisheries conservation
perspective.
The minister is in Ottawa, today (Thursday, April 16)
and tomorrow (Friday, April 17), to meet with representatives of the
embassies for Portugal, Latvia, Austria, Ireland, Greece, Netherlands,
Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Switzerland. His schedule is as follows:
Thursday, April 16
- Shelly Tracey, Consular and Deputy of
Missions, Portuguese Embassy
Ambassador H.E. Margers Krams of Latvia
Ambassador Werner Brandsetter of Austria
Ambassador Declan Kelly of Ireland
Konstantinos Dikaros, Head of Economic and
Commercial Affairs, Greek Embassy
Ambassador Wim J.P. Geerts of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands
Friday, April 17
- Ambassador H.E. Stanislav Opiela of Slovakia
- Ambassador Karel Zebrakovsky of the Czech
Republic
- Dr. Nicolas Bruhl, Charge d'Affaires, Embassy
of Switzerland
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Media contact:
Lesley Clarke
Communications Specialist
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat
Voluntary and Non-Profit Secretariat
709-729-6026, 699-2910
lesleyclarke@gov.nl.ca
2009 04 16 9:55 a.m.
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