Press Releases 2006

Ambassador Ashe in Lower Silesia

19 January 2006

On January 12-13, 2005, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe met with local representatives and businesses in several towns in Lower Silesia. The trip included visits to Wrocław, Legnica, Bleslawiec, and Polkowice. Highlights of the trip included discussing the legacy of Pope John Paul the II with Bishop Cichy in Legnica, a tour of a pottery plant in Boleslawiec, and traveling a full kilometer underground to tour the Polkowice-Sieroszowice Copper and Salt Mine.

 

 

Ambassador Ashe with Mr. Krzysztof Grzelczyk, the newly appointed Governor of Lower Silesia	Ambassador Ashe with Mr. Tadeusz Krzakowski, Mayor (President ) of Legnica	Ambassador Ashe with Bishop of Legnica Diocese Stefan Cichy	Ambassador Ashe with Mr. Piotr Roman, Mayor (President) of Bolesławiec
Ambassador Ashe accompanied by Mr. Kazimierz Surmiak, Chairman of the Board, “Bolesławiec” Ceramics Plant (right) and Mr. Jacek Subik, Director of Sales & Marketing (left)	Ambassador accompanied by (from the left to right) Mr. Jan Kobziński, Mining Division Manager of the Polkowice-Sieroszowice Copper Mine of the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Mr. Piotr Walczak, Technical Director of the Polkowice –Sieroszowice Copper Mine, and Mr. Marek Krupnik, Kraków Consulate General’s driver
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