The White House has released the President's itinerary for his visit to Poland, Russia, France, Egypt, Jordan, and Qatar. He comes back Thursday, June 5. In Poland, Bush will meet with Polish President Kwasniewski and reinforce the warm ties between the Polish and American people. From Poland, he will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia to meet with Russian President Putin and participate in ceremonies commemorating St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary. President Bush will then travel to Evian-les-Bains, France to participate in the G-8 Summit hosted by French President Jacques Chirac. From the G-8 meeting he will travel to Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt for June 3 meetings with Arab leaders. From Egypt, he will travel to Aqaba, Jordan on June 4 for a meeting with King Abdallah of Jordan and for meetings, conditions permitting, with Israeli Prime Minister Sharon and Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas. On June 5, the President will go to CENTCOM to visit with members of the Coalition armed forces in Doha, Qatar.
The link above will take you to the White House transcript of the briefing held by Dr.Condoleezza Rice, the President's National Security Advisor. In this briefing she gives a preview of the Presidents trip and answers questions from reporters.
Related Links:
BBC: Analysis: Bush's grand tour
G8 Evian Summit 2003
IPS/OneWorld: G8 to Ignore Pressing Global Issues
New York Times: Bush Off on Road to Europe 'Old' and "New'
University of Toronto G8 Information Centre
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