Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik has invited her Danish counterpart, Per Stig Moeller, the leader of the Islamic Faith Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Reis-ul-Ulema Mustafa Ceric, the Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmed Bader Eddin Hassoun, the President of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria, Professor Anas Schakfeh, and the Bishop of Lolland-Falster, Steen Skovsgaard (Church of Denmark) to an informal exchange of views in the Foreign Ministry.
The aim of this informal meeting is to seek together ways and means of reducing the tensions of the past days and to give new impetus to the dialogue between the religions in Europe and between Europe and the Muslim world.
The Foreign Ministry invites media representatives to a film and photo opportunity at the beginning of the meeting (filming and photos only, no sound recordings):
Place: Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1014 Vienna
Time: Thursday, 16 February 2006, 13.00
Arrival is requested by 12.30 at the latest for security reasons.
After the meeting, Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik will inform media representatives about the discussions.
Place: Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minoritenplatz 8, 1014 Vienna
Time: Thursday, 16 February 2006, 14.30
Arrival is requested by 14.00 at the latest.
A valid press card must be presented at the entrance at Minoritenplatz 8. Media representatives will be collected from the waiting room.
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Press Department
Tel.: ++43 (0) 50 1150-3262, 4549, 4550
Fax: ++43 (0) 50 1159-204
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