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Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy

Programme of the visit of

Pietro Marcenaro (Italy, Socialist Group)

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Situation in the Middle East

Jordan and Palestine, 6-9 April 2013 , 28 April-1 May 2013

Meetings in and Palestine, 6-9 April 2013

Saturday, 6 April 2013

08:30 Briefing by the Mr Andrew Harper, UNCHR representative, on the Syrian refugee camp Za’atri in Jordan

10:30-12:30 Briefing by Mr Killian Kleinschmidt, Senior Field Coordinator for UNHCR and visit of camp Za’atri including exchange with Syrian new arrivals; visit to UNICEF child friendly space with Mr Lucio Melandri; World Food Programme (WFP) distribution compound with Mr Jonathan Campbell; and visit to the French and Moroccan hospitals

13:30 Meeting with H.E. Saad Hayel Srour, Speaker of Jordan’s House of Representatives and with Mr Bassam Al-Manasir, Chairperson of the Arab and International Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Jordan and members of this Committee

15:30-16:30 Meeting of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East

16:30 Meeting with Dr Husni Sheyab and General Mounir Al Hanaity from the National Reform Front and Mr Abdullah Farajallah from the

20:00 Dinner with Ambassadors of Council of Europe member States offered by Ms Caroline Dumas, Ambassador of France to Jordan

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Sunday, 7 April 2013

10:00 Meeting with Prime Minister and with Mr Nassa Judeh, Minister of Foreign Affairs

12:00-14:00 Private audience with His Majesty King Abdullah II

Transfer to Ramallah via the Allenby Bridge

18:00-18:45 Meeting with H.E. President Mahmoud Abbas, Dr Saeb Arekat and Mr Azzam Al- Ahmad

20:00 Working dinner with members of the Palestinian delegation to the PACE

Monday, 8 April 2013

09:00-09:45 Briefing by the Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) on the current situation

09:45-10:40 Visit of Am’ari Refugee Camp accompanied by Mr Jehad Tummaleih

10:40-10:55 Visit of President Yasser Arafat’s Tomb

11:00-11:50 Meeting with Dr Hanna Nasir, Chairperson, Mr Hisham Kuhail, Chief Electoral Officer of the Central Election Committee (CEC), and Mr Ashraf Shuaibi

12:00-13:00 Meeting with Mr Azzam Al-Ahmad, Commissioner for National Relations and head of the Parliamentary block

13:30-14:30 Meeting with members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)

14:30 Press Conference

17:30-19:45 Meeting with Mr Issa Qaraqae, Minister of Prisoners Affairs; Mr Qadoura Fares, President of the Prisoner Club; Messrs Nasser Al Rayes and Shawqi Issa, representatives of the National Committee for Prisoners; and Ms Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer

20:30 Working dinner with members of the Palestinian delegation to the PACE and invited guests

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

10:00-11:00 Meeting with Mr Ahmad Qurei’, former Prime Minister and Chief Negotiator

11:00-12:00 Briefing by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

12:00-15:30 Lunch and tour in the Old City of Jerusalem

16:45-17:30 Exchange of views with Mr Abdel Fattah Hamayel, Governor; Ms Vera Baboun, Mayor of Bethlehem; Messrs Fuad Kokali and Fayiz Saqqa, members of Parliament; and Ms Rula Maayah, Minister of Tourism

17:30-18:30 Visit to Bethlehem

19:00 Reception with diplomatic representatives of Council of Europe member States, offered by Mr Frédéric Desagneaux, the General Consul of France in Jerusalem

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Meetings in Israel, 28 April – 1 May 2013

Sunday, 28 April 2013

20:30 Dinner with Mr Oded Ben Hur, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the , as well as the Italian Ambassador and Israeli parliamentarians in

Monday, 29 April 2013

08:00 Transfer to Jerusalem

10:00 Meeting with MK Israel Hasson

11:30 Meeting with Mr Ali Yichye

13:30 Lunch with Mr Darwshe

14:30 Meeting with Mr Ron Gerlitz

16:00 Meeting with Professor Kleiman

20:00 Working dinner with representatives of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council of the European Parliament

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Jerusalem

Meetings and briefings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

09:30 – 10:30 Ambassador Raphael Schutz, Deputy Director General for European Affairs

10:30 – 11:15 Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs

11:15 – 12:00 Mr Reuven Azar, Head of Bureau, Middle East Affairs, Centre for Policy Research

12:00 – 12:45 Ambassador Daniel Carmon, Deputy Director General and Head of Centre for International Cooperation – MASHAV

13:30 – 15:15 Lunch with members of the Knesset – Ms Tamar Zandberg (), Dr (Labor), Mr Ronen Hoffman (), Mr Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid)

15:15 – 16:00 Mr Ze’ev Elkin, Deputy Foreign Minister

16:30 – 17:00 Guided tour of the Knesset

17:15 – 18:00 Mr Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset

20:00 – 22:00 Dinner hosted by Mr Yaakov Peri, Minister of Science and Technology

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Jerusalem

09:00 – 10:30 Visit to Yad VaShem, Holocaust History Museum

11:00 – 11:45 Visit to Hadassah Medical Centre and meeting with Dr Gavri Sagui, and Dr Muriel Haïm

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12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at 'Modern' restaurant, Israel Museum

13:30 – 14:30 Ms Tzipi Livni, Minister of Justice and Chief Negotiator in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Transfer to Tel Aviv

16:00 – 18:00 Meeting with Mr Oded Eran, Senior Research Fellow and Mr Shlomo Brom, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Program on Israel-Palestinian Relations at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS)

19:00 – 20:00 Meeting with Mr Christophe Bigot, Ambassador of France in Israel

20:30 – 22:00 Dinner hosted by Mr Oded Ben Hur, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to the Knesset

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