Embassy Events 2005Chicago Mayor Visits Warsaw To Support Sister Cities Relationship14 October 2005 |
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Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley visited Warsaw, October 16-18, 2005, in order to further promote the Warsaw-Chicago sister cities relationship. Ambassador Ashe accompanied the Mayor while he met with Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Warsaw Mayor and presidential candidate Lech Kaczynski, and when Mayor Daley spoke to over 200 Polish business leaders at a reception organized by the Warsaw Sister Cities Committee. Poland’s American Chamber of Commerce organized a lunch for Mayor Daley with representatives from prominent US businesses in Poland as well. Mayor Daley also spoke to over 100 Polish law enforcement officials and journalists on current trends in police force modernization and the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) program at Warsaw’s City Hall.
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 From left: Ambassador Ashe, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Mrs. Richard Daley, and Polish President Kwaśniewski |  From left: Mac Raczkiewicz, founding member and former chairman of the Polish-American Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Richard Daley, Ambassador Ashe, Roman Rewald, chairman of the Polish-American Chamber of Commerce |  Mayor Daley at breakfast with Mayor Kaczynski of Warsaw |  From left: Pawel Chudzicki, Chair of the Chicago-Warsaw Sister Cities Committee, Mayor Richard Daley, Mrs. Richard Daley, Polish Primate Cardinal Józef Glemp, Ambassador Victor Ashe |
 Mayor and Mrs Daley with the family of assistant Cultural Affairs Officer Bix Aliu, who is from Chicago |  Seal of the city of Chicago | ||
