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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).