U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton starts her trip to Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. She will be traveling to Kiev, Krakow, Baku, Yerevan, and Tbilisi, in that order, from July 1st to 5th, U.S. State Department reports.

In Ukraine the Secretary will meet with President Yanukovych and Foreign Minister Hryshchenko and she will also participate in the second meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission, which was created during Vice President Biden’s visit to Kyiv exactly a year ago.

The Secretary will also in Kyiv meet with former Prime Minister Tymoshenko and she will meet with media leaders and civil society groups.

In Krakow on the 3rd, the Secretary will participate in the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Community of Democracies. It was their predecessors, Secretary Madeleine Albright and Foreign Minister Geremek, who kicked off the Community of Democracies 10 years ago. Secretary Clinton will also meet bilaterally with Foreign Minister Sikorski.

She’ll arrive in Baku on July 4th to meet with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. She will also have a chance to talk with young people about media freedom and other political participation issues.

She then proceeds to Yerevan later on July 4th, where she’ll meet with President Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Nalbandian.

She’ll discuss human rights, democratization, and media freedom with civil society representatives in Yerevan.

On July 5th, the Secretary continues to Tbilisi, where she will meet President Saakashvili, Foreign Minister Vashadze, and members of the political opposition, as well as representatives of civil society and women’s leaders. She will review the progress of the U.S.-Georgia strategic partnership as well as the results of the recent municipal elections.