President Bush to Welcome President Mikheil Saakashvili

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President Bush to Welcome President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia to the White House. President George W. Bush and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili leave a press availability Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi. White House photo by Eric Draper.

President Bush will welcome Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili for a meeting at the White House on July 5, 2006. Georgia's Rose Revolution was a powerful moment in modern history that has inspired others to seek freedom. Georgia is a key ally in an important region, and a valued partner in the war on terror, making important contributions in Iraq. The President and President Saakashvili will discuss developments in consolidating Georgia's democratic transition since the President's May 9-10, 2005 visit to Georgia, efforts to promote a peaceful resolution to the separatist conflicts in South Ossetia and Abkhazia within a unified Georgia, cooperation in Energy Security and Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations and our common commitment to working together to advance freedom and security around the world.

# # # For Immediate Release, Office of the Press Secretary, June 19, 2006

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Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi Birthday

Today is the 61st birthday of Nobel Prize winner and detained democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. She spends her birthday, again, in detention in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi's courage and fortitude are an inspiration to those who seek freedom and justice in all parts of the world. The United States urges the international community and the United Nations to take up its responsibility to address the plight of the Burmese people and the need for an inclusive, genuine political dialogue in Burma.

# # # Immediate Release, Office of the Press Secretary, June 19, 2006

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