Frans Timmermans in Tirana, Albania (until 4/4)

Frans Timmermans in Tirana, Albania (until 4/4): meets with Edi Rama, Prime Minister; meets with Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation,; delivers a keynote speech at the International Tourism Forum “The Future of Environmental Sustainable Tourism in Albania (FESTA)”; and hosts a roundtable with environmental civil society organisations; meets with Edi Rama, Prime Minister, together with Belinda Balluku, Deputy Prime Minister, and Mirela Kumbaro, Minister for Tourism and Environment.

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  Frans Timmermans is Minister of Foreign Affairs since November 5th 2012. Between 2007 and 2010 Timmermans was junior minister of Foreign Affairs, charged with European Cooperation. In 1998 Timmermans became member of the House of Representatives, serving terms until 2007 and again in between 2010 and 2012. Prior to his political career Frans Timmermans served with dr. M. van der Stoel, High Commissioner of national minorities at OSCE and was member of the cabinet of Commissioner Van den Broek at the EC. He also worked at various posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.