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Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT
From: ZvanersM@rferl.org
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002
The National Endowment for Democracy AND The American Committee for Peace in Chechnya invite you to a briefing on THE PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN CHECHNYA with Ilyas Ahkmadov, Foreign Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Andrei Babitsky, Russian war correspondent for RFE/RL Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor, Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Wednesday, January 30 at 2pm 2168 Rayburn Building (Refreshments will be served)
In 1999, Mr. Ahkmadov was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs by Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. In 1997, President Maskhadov was elected in internationally monitored elections by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Andrei Babitsky was kidnapped by the Russian secret services while reporting on the Chechen conflict. For his reporting from Chechnya, Babitsky received the 2000 prize for journalism and democracy from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mr. Babitsky recently returned from three months of reporting in Afghanistan.
Dr. Brzezinski was National Security Advisor to President Carter from 1977 to 1981. He serves as co-chairman of The American Committee for Peace in Chechnya.
Please RSVP to rsvp@ned.org by Tuesday, January 29.
* Please call Jodi Herman at NED at (202) 293-9072 with any questions about the event. Media should contact Matt Brady at ACPC at (202) 296-5101, ext. 134.
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