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Invitation: You are cordially invited to a discussion entitled:

GUAM after the Riga Summit

featuring

Asim Mollazade
Chairman of the Democratic Reforms Party of Azerbaijan

moderated by

Zeyno Baran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Eurasian Policy, Hudson Institute

Thursday, December 7, 2006
9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.

At the November 28-29 Riga Summit, NATO heads of state declared their intention to extend membership invitations to countries that meet alliance standards at the next summit in 2008. This declaration is significant news for GUAM (Georgia-Ukraine-Azerbaijan-Moldova) members, who are in close partnership with NATO and eventually want to join the alliance.

In the wake of the Riga Summit, Asim Mollazade, Chairman of the Democratic Reforms Party of Azerbaijan, will discuss GUAM’s growing role in promoting security, democratic reforms, and economic development in the region. Actively involved in the Azerbaijani political life for over a decade, Dr. Mollazade has served as a member of parliament since 2001. He is currently a member of the US-Azerbaijan friendship group. Dr. Mollazade is also the founder and the president of the Euro-Atlantic Center of Azerbaijan, which seeks to foster the integration of Azerbaijan to the Euro-Atlantic community and to create bridges between political leaders in Azerbaijan and in NATO countries.

This on-the-record meeting will take place at Hudson Institute, which is located at 1015 15th St, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC. For more information and RSVPs, please email Onur Sazak at onur@hudson.org or call (202) 974-6445. Please note that those who do not RSVP will not be admitted.