Embassy events 2008 

General copy on MSPO Defense Industry Exhibition in Kielce

12 September 2008 

Col. Tim Burke, Ambassador Ashe, Sikorsky Regional Director Stan Prusinski, Commercial Counselor John McCaslin in front of Sikorsky H-92 helicopter (more photos)

Ambassador Ashe participated in the 16th annual MSPO Defense Exhibition in southern Poland where he personally visited all U.S. companies exhibiting at the show.   He also hosted a reception in honor of all the U.S. exhibitors which was a great networking event that included senior officials from the Polish military and the Polish Ministry of Defense, as well as a number of foreign military delegations and the leading Polish defense companies.

On the return trip to Warsaw, Ambassador Ashe stopped to see the Mayor, Marshall and Wojewoda of Kielce/Swietokrzyskie, and the mayors in Radom and Bialobrzegi.  On the way he paid a visit to the National Museum of Kielce,  former Bishop of Krakow's palace with a remarkable collection of paintings, tapestries and furniture. The Ambassador also visited the Bishop of Radom, Zygmunt Zimowski.