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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Latvian president Andris Berzins, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, and Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics in Riga. She will depart for St. Petersburg later today to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s Women and the Economy Forum with Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer and hold a bilateral meeting with ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Latvian president Andris Berzins, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, and Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics in Riga. She will depart for St. Petersburg later today to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's Women and the Economy Forum with Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and hold a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon and Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan. She then heads to Geneva for an emergency meeting on Syria.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Latvian president Andris Berzins, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, and Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics in Riga. She will depart for St. Petersburg later today to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s Women and the Economy Forum with Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer and hold a bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Clinton is accompanied by Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon and Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan. She then heads to Geneva for an emergency meeting on Syria.

Elsewhere:

  • In Central America, Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Rick Barton will meet with embassy partners and key stakeholders in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador through the Central American Regional Security Initiative.
  • In Paris, Ambassador-At-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin will discuss counterterrorism initiatives with French government officials.
  • Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson is traveling to Central America to meet with government, civil society, and private sector leaders and participate in a meeting of the Central American Integration System.
  • Ambassador-At-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in persons Luis CdeBaca is traveling to Switzerland and Morocco. Office of Global Criminal Justice Ambassador-At-Large Stephen Rapp is also in Morocco, where he will participate in meetings on global criminal justice issues.
  • Special Representative for Global Partnerships Kris Balderston is in Edinburgh, Scotland, for the TED Global 2012 Conference. She will also meet with private and public sector leaders.
<p> Allison Good is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy. </p>

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