A celebration in Baghdad's "Green Zone" (10/10/04)

THE 13th ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE

A celebration in Baghdad's "Green Zone"

BAGHDAD - The Baghdad hotel Al-Rashid, which is located in the "Green Zone" of the Iraqi capital, was the site on Thursday, August 26, of a celebration of the 13th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. The celebration was hosted by the Embassy of Ukraine and was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte, Embassy staff and members of the U.S. armed forces, including Ukrainian Americans now based in Iraq. Also present were representatives of Iraq, Italy, Great Britain, Japan and other countries, as well as international businesspeople. The guests were addressed by Andrii Aleksandrov, who represented Ukraine's ambassador. Among others present was Col. Aleksander Ugolnikov of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. Seen at the reception in the photo above are (from left) Tamara Heimur, information officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Iraq; Lance Cpl. Yuri Hirniak of the U.S. Marines and Yaryna Ferencevych, economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

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