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Agenda
29
Sep
2026
Meeting with Mr Johann Wadephul, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany
Strasbourg
16:35 - 17:20
Secretary General
29
Sep
2026
Meeting with members of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party
Strasbourg
14:30 - 14:50
Secretary General
29
Sep
2026
Signature of a voluntary contribution with Ambassador Raziye Bilge Koçyiğit, Permanent Representative of Türkiye
Strasbourg
14:10 - 14:20
Secretary General
28
Sep
2026
Meeting with members of the 'New Party' (Yeni Parti), Türkiye
Strasbourg
14:30 - 15:00
Secretary General
28
Sep
2026
Meeting with members of Georgian Civil Society
Strasbourg
14:00 - 14:20
Secretary General
28
Sep
2026
Meeting with candidates for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
Strasbourg
11:05 - 11:15
Secretary General
28
Sep
2026
Meeting with Mr Damien Cottier (Switzerland, ALDE)
Strasbourg
10:30 - 11:00
Secretary General
28
Sep
2026
Meeting with Ms Maria Kalesnikava, Belarusian opposition leader and winner of the 2021 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
Strasbourg
10:00 - 10:30
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Live interview with BBC TV News Channel
Washington, D.C., United States
17:00 - 17:30
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
15:30 - 16:15
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Exchange with the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS)
Washington, D.C., United States
14:00 - 15:00
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Bilateral meeting with Mr Albert Ramdin, Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Washington, D.C., United States
13:30 - 14:00
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Hudson Institute / A Conversation with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Washington, D.C., United States
12:00 - 13:00
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Media interview with Voice of America (VOA)
Washington, D.C., United States
11:40 - 11:50
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Media interview with The Hill
Washington, D.C., United States
11:15 - 11:40
Secretary General
25
Sep
2026
Bilateral meeting with Ms Debbie Seguin, Acting Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Washington, D.C., United States
10:00 - 10:30
Secretary General
24
Sep
2026
Dinner hosted by Mr Ralf Heckner, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States
Washington, D.C.
18:30
Secretary General
24
Sep
2026
Meeting with Mr Keith Self, United States Representative, (R-Texas), Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee's Europe Subcommittee
Washington, D.C., United States
16:45 - 17:15
Secretary General
24
Sep
2026
Bilateral meeting with United States Congressman Joe Wilson, (R-South Carolina), Co-Chair, Helsinki Commission; Head of the US delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; senior member of House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services
Washington, D.C., United States
16:00 - 16:30
Secretary General
24
Sep
2026
Bilateral meeting with Mr John Boozman, United States Senator (R-Arkansas), member of the Helsinki Commission
Washington, D.C., United States
14:30 - 15:00
Secretary General
Alain Berset
Alain Berset is the 15th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr Berset was elected in June 2024.
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