<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>We started planning of our annual Harvard Black Sea Security Program. The centerpiece of the program will be six-day session at Harvard on 23-27 April, 2007 which will bring together about twenty very senior officials of the Black Sea region with about twenty <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = u2 /><u2:country-region u3:st="on"><u2:place u3:st="on">U.S.</u2:place></u2:country-region></st1:place> general officers and civilian officials.<SPAN> </SPAN>As part of the program we are also making arrangements for regional participants to spend two days at in <st1:City w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = u4 /><u4:City u2:st="on">Zagreb</u4:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><u4:country-region u2:st="on">Croatia</u4:country-region> for a seminar on regional security and a workshop in Stuttgart (EUCOM)<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">. Working language is English.</st1:place></st1:City></st1:country-region></st1:City></st1:country-region></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place></st1:City></st1:country-region></st1:City></st1:country-region></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>The program will begin with a trip to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u4:City u2:st="on"><u4:place u2:st="on">Zagreb</u4:place></u4:City></st1:place></st1:City> on April 16. The participants will then travel to <st1:City w:st="on"><u4:City u2:st="on">Stuttgart</u4:City></st1:City> on April 19 and later to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><u4:City u2:st="on"><u4:place u2:st="on">Boston</u4:place></u4:City></st1:place></st1:City> on April 21.<SPAN> </SPAN>Participants would fly to their home countries on Saturday, April 28.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2> </FONT></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>For more details please contact Sergei Konoplyov at <U><A href="mailto:sergei_konoplyov@harvard.edu"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">sergei_konoplyov@harvard.edu</SPAN></A></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 130%" align=left></P></SPAN></P></SPAN>