MEDIA ADVISORIES

December 7, 2001 No. 93

Media representatives are advised that International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will host a lunch for the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 in Montreal. Minister Pettigrew and Prime Minister Kasyanov will deliver opening remarks.

Event: Opening remarks by Minister Pettigrew and Prime Minister Kasyanov (open media coverage)

Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001

Time: 12:30 p.m.

Location: Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel

Grand Salon

900 René Lévesque Blvd. W.

Montreal, Quebec

For more information, please contact:

Sébastien Théberge

Office of the Minister for International Trade

(613) 992-7332

Media Relations Office

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

(613) 995-1874

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca