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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - On Thursday March 16th, the Pennsylvania-Russia Business Council and Foreign Policy Research Institute will host a luncheon seminar for a government delegation from the Republic of Moldova lead by the Honorable Nicolae Tabacaru, Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs. This event will take place from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM in the Pepper Conference Room, at the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP (guests should take the elevator to the 30th floor and walk up one flight of stairs). The address is 3000 Two Logan Square, 18th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia.

This program will follow a series of meetings held in Washington D.C. between the Moldovan delegation and leadership in the U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of State, U.S. National Security Council, U.S. Department of Commerce, and USAID Administration. Additionally, the Moldovan delegation will meet with IMF and World Bank representatives, the chairman of Eximbank, and the editorial boards of the Washington Post and the Heritage Foundation.

The focus of this event will be current developments in Moldova as well as business and investment opportunities including the following industries:

• Telecommunications
• Energy Sector
• Food Processing

Dr. Harvey Sicherman, President of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and former aide to three United States Secretaries of State, will moderate the seminar.

The members of the Moldovan government delegation that will be present at the round table include:

Mr. Nicolae Tabacaru - Minister of Foreign Affairs (delegation leader)
Mr. Ceslav Ciobanu - Ambassador to the United States
Mr. Gheorge Gaberi - Minister of Economy (acting)
Mr. Constantin Sirghi - Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Mr. Vasili Bodiu - Deputy Chairman of the Privatization Department
Mr. Andrei Popov - First Secretary of Embassy of Moldova
Ms. Stela Scola - Manager with MoldTelecom (Moldova Telecommunications)

For more information, contact Val Kogan, PRBC President at (215) 708-2628, (215) 963-7079.

Date and Place of birth:	August 20, 1955, Nadrecinoie, Odessa region, Ukraine
Higher Education:	Chisinau State University
	Diplomatic Academy , Moscow
	Diplomatic Courses of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Stockholm
Diplomatic Career:
1989	Protocol and Information Department, First Secretary
1990	Head of the Protocol Department
1990-1992	Diplomatic Academy, Moscow
1992	Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the UN, First Secretary
1992-1993	Head of the UN Department
1993	Diplomatic Courses of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Stockholm
1993	Head of the Protocol
1993-1996	Counselor, Minister-Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to Belgium.
1996	Head of the General Department for Europe and North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1997	Adviser to the President of the Republic of Moldova on foreign affairs
1997 (May) – present	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova
Language ability:	Fluent in English, Russian and French
Marital status:	Married with two children

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