PRESS RELEASE
March 11, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact:  Aly R. Abuzaakouk, 703-764-0942
alyabuzakuk@gmail.com
 DC: U.S.-Based Libyan Diplomats to Seek Recognition of New Government

  

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 3/10/2011) -- On Friday, March 11, the Libyan ambassador to the United States will join that nation's ambassador to the United Nations and Libyans from across the United States and Canada at a press conference in Washington, D.C., to call on the Obama administration and Congress to recognize the newly-formed National Transitional Council as the legitimate government of Libya.

WHAT: Call to Recognize the National Transitional Council in Libya as Legitimate Government


WHO: Libyan Ambassador to the United States H.E. Ali Sulaiman Aujali, Libyan Ambassador to the United Nations, H.E. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, and others Libyan-Americans


WHEN: Friday, March 11, 2:30 p.m.


WHERE: National Press Club, National Press Building, First Amendment Room, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.


CONTACT: Aly R. Abuzaakouk, 703-764-0942, E-Mail: alyabuzakuk@gmail.com

There are an estimated 20000 Libyan -Americans and Libyan-Canadians in North America