Brussels, 05/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox, will be pay an official visit to the United States from 7 to 11 July. On Monday and Tuesday he will be in New York for meetings at the UN which include a meeting with UN Under Secretary General and Special Envoy on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, and an address to the US Council for International Business. He will then travel to Washington DC where meetings have been confirmed at the White House with Vice-President Richard Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor, and with US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. In Congress, Pat Cox will meet Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and will be introduced to the Senate by Majority Leader Tom Daschle. He will also be addressing the National Press Club on 10 July on "Emerging Europe: Implications for Transatlantic Relations".