Latvian President Valdis Zatlers to be Guest of Honor
at 2009 USBF Gala weekend

August 6, 2008

Contact: Trevor Dane
Tel: 202-785-5056
E-mail: trevor@usbaltic.org

WASHINGTON, DC – Maria Kivisild Ogrydziak, Chairman of the U.S.- Baltic Foundation announced today that Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia, will headline a three-day series of Baltic cultural and business development events on May 14- 17 at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC.  Sponsored by The U.S.- Baltic Foundation (USBF), the 2009 gala weekendwill feature a business conference, an exchange program summit, a silent auction and black-tie gala dinner to highlight the special and growing ties between the U.S. and the Baltic States. 

The U.S.- Baltic Foundation is an educational resource for U.S. policy-makers and the public.  A national organization that unites all American friends of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, USBF develops and implements programs to strengthen democracy and free markets in the Baltics.  The Foundation also introduces the Baltics to new American audiences with a series of public affairs programs.

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