EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PORTLAND TRUST VISITS IFIMES

LJUBLJANA, 22 July 2010 - Directors of the International Institute for Middle-East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES) Bakhatyar Aljaf and Zijad Bećirović had a meeting today with the Executive Director of the Portland Trust in Israel Eival Gilady.

The high guest expressed interest in the Institute's work and activities in the Middle East region.

Directors of the institute presented the work of the institute in the Middle - East and Balkan region and institute's future plans. Mr. Gilady presented the work of Portland Trust in Israel and Palestinian areas. The headquarters of Portland Trust is in London.

At the end of the visit directors gave Mr. Gilady Institute's latest publications.

Ljubljana, 22 July 2010