Burhan Jaf will visit IFIMES

The IFIMES International Institute, Government Public Relations and Media Office and Center Evropa invite you kindly to take part at the lecture entitled:

IRAQ, KURDS AND EUROPE

which will be held on 25 May 2006 at 16.00 h in the auditorium of Center Evropa at Dalmatinova 4 in Ljubljana.

The lecture will be delivered by Mr. Burhan Jaf, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) mission to EU.

Burhan Jaf was one of the founders of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) in 1994 and in 1998 he took over the position of the KRG-EU mission head. His political life has been marked with the opposition activities within the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) and INC as well as with the efforts to establish connections between the modern Iraq and the European Union. In his lecture Mr. Burhan Jaf will also present the possibilities of economic co-operation with Slovenia and investments into the region.

The lecture will be given in the English language.

The lecture will be followed by a discussion which will be moderated by dr. Milan Jazbec and Zijad Bećirović, M.A.

Attendance is free of charge. Please confirm your participation at telephone number (01) 438 22 70 or at ifimes@ifimes.org or info@center-evropa.si

Ljubljana, 19 May 2006