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SFA-AGR-Aug-05                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         16  August 2005

UNDERSECRETARY SEGUIS REPRESENTS RP AT INAUGURATION OF NEW KYRGYZ PRESIDENT

16 August 2005, Kyrgyz - Undersecretary for Special Concerns Rafael E. Seguis presents a Philippine memento to Kyrgyz First Deputy Foreign Minister Katrybek Sharbaeva during a luncheon hosted by DPM Sharbaeva in Bishkek.   Undersecretary Sequis represented the Philippines at the inauguration of new Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on 14 August 2005 in the capital of Bishkek.  While in Kyrgyz, the Undersecretary met with regional leaders to advance Philippine relations with Central Asia as well as seek further support for the application of the Philippines for observer status in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
 

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