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STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TO ADDRESS CINCINNATI ROTARY ON IMPORTANCE OF US-MONGOLIAN RELATIONS 

by Christina Papakirk

David Citron, US State Department Desk Officer for Mongolian Affairs, will address the Rotary Club of Cincinnati on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 12 noon at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hall of Mirrors.
 
Mr. Citron will discuss the importance of US-Mongolian relations and the Millennium Challenge Award, a US Government-sponsored foreign assistance package recently given to Mongolia. He is speaking at the invitation of Middfest International, a premier cultural event featuring dance, music and food from many countries throughout the world and held annually in Middletown, Ohio.  Middfest will feature Mongolia for this year's celebration October 3-5, 2008.
 
The cost of the luncheon is $18 per person. Reservations must be made by Tuesday, May 6 by contacting the Rotary Club of Cincinnati at 513-421-1080.
 
Middfest is sponsoring additional upcoming events focusing on Mongolian history, culture and religion.

The Mongolian Conversation Series will feature:
 
May 13, 2008 6:30 pm Middletown Public Library, 125 South Broad Street, Middletown, OH 45044
Ghengis Khan and the Mongol Horde:  It's Not What You Think!

Speaker: Professor Christopher Atwood, Chair, Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University
Free and open to the public.
 
May 20, 2008 6:00 pm Middfest International Offices, One Donham Plaza, Middletown, OH 45042

Mongolia's Past and Promise in the 21st Century

Speaker: Al La Porta, Former US Ambassador to Mongolia
Free and open to the public.
 
For more information about Middfest or any of these events please contact Executive Director Virginia Ritan at 513-425-7707 or email to Middfest@siscom.net. For information on past Middfest feature countries visit www.MiddfestInternational.org 
 
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