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Committee of European regions to hold meeting in Estonian capital in July

BC, Tallinn, 22.01.2017.Print version
Tallinn Deputy Mayor Taavi Aas and the president of the European Committee of the Regions, Markku Markkula, on Friday discussed matters related to the organization of a meeting of the commission for environment, climate change and energy of the European Committee of the Regions in Tallinn this summer, reports LETA.

The meeting of the commission for environment, climate change and energy will be held in Tallinn on July 3-5 within the framework of the Estonian presidency of the EU. Aas and Markkula spoke about preparations for the conference and Tallinn's candidacy for the title of European Green Capital 2019, spokespeople for the Tallinn city government said.


"The meeting of the commission in Tallinn as an opening event of the EU presidency is an excellent opportunity to present Tallinn's actions and initiatives in the area of environment to a wide circle of municipality leaders from Europe and draw attention to our candidacy for the title of European Green Capital," Aas said.


The meeting of the commission and the international conference in Tallinn will be one of the opening events of the Estonian EU presidency.


Some 150 guests from different cities and regions of Europe are expected to attend. The agenda of the conference will be streamlined with the priorities of the Estonian presidency.






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