February 1999

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) is organizing a tour of several U.S. cities for U.S. Ambassadors and senior commercial officers in the Caspian region. The tour will take place April 30 to May 6, 1999. The delegation will brief U.S. businesses on the latest project developments in the area, and businesses will have the opportunity for one-on-one meetings with these senior U.S. Government officials.

U.S. Ambassadors to the following countries will take part in the tour:

• Armenia
  
• Azerbaijan
  
• Georgia
  
• Kazakhstan
  
• Turkey
  
• Turkmenistan
  
• Uzbekistan
  

Sectors to be highlighted include: oil and gas pipelines, water and wastewater, power, telecommunications, transportation, and support services, including hotels, food processing, and retail facilities.

Friday, April 30
New Orleans, LA

Monday, May 3-4
New York City (in conjunction with TDA's World Power Conference, see announcement in Agency Spotlight in this issue

Thursday, May 6
Washington, D.C. (in conjunction with the American Turkish Council's annual meeting)

For more information, contact Donald Dunn, Director of Public Affairs and Marketing, at tel.: (703) 875-4357, fax: (703) 875-4009, or e-mail: ddunn@tda.gov, or visit TDA's web site at www.tda.gov.

This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS)