Press Release: Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner to visit Kaliningrad 11-12 October 2007

Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will go to Kaliningrad on 11-12 October 2007. It is her second visit showing once again the European Commission's commitment to make its development and co-operation with neighbouring regions such as Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea a success story. During her visit, the Commissioner will meet with Presidential Aide Sergey Yastrzhembsky and Governor Georgy Boos and Minister of Regional Development, Dmitryi Kozak, to discuss the development prospects of Kaliningrad and further EU support including improvements to Kaliningrad border crossings. She will also address the International Conference on Cross-Border Co-operation between Regions in the Baltic Sea area involving of Russia, EU member states and Norway. The EU is keen to help this unique area benefit and develop alongside its European Union neighbours and will allocate €132 million for the region (Kaliningrad, Poland, Lithuania) for 2007-2013 via cross-border-co-operation programmes.