MEDIA ADVISORIES

December 11, 2001 No. 96

Media representatives are advised that International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew will meet with Italian Vice-Minister of International Trade Adolfo Urso. During the visit, the ministers will inaugurate the Canada Italy Business Council at the Congress Center in Ottawa on December 12 and hold a bilateral meeting.

Event: Inauguration of the Canada Italy Business Council

(open to media)

Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2001

Time: 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Location: Ottawa Congress Center

Hall 1-B, Capital Hall Level

55 Colonel By Drive

Ottawa

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