Re: Re: For persons attending function?
by Bobby Varghese on Jan 15, 2009 09:37 AM
President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration next week will be a landmark event in world history, but don't look for any foreign leaders in the crowds expected to throng the ceremony. They're not invited.
The State Department last week informed all foreign embassies in Washington that, in keeping with past practice, their ambassadors and spouses can come to the event to represent their countries. Officials from their capitals, however, must stay home.
"These invitations are only for the chiefs of diplomatic missions and their spouses and are not transferable," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wrote in a diplomatic note sent to the embassies on Jan. 6.
An earlier note, sent by Rice to the embassies on Nov. 24, says the exclusion of foreign leaders and top government officials is customary for U.S. presidential inaugurations. "As in the past, foreign delegations will not be invited to Washington for this occasion," it said.
Copies of both notes were obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.
Officials said foreign leaders are traditionally discouraged from attending inaugurations due to enormous crowds and security concerns.
Foreign ambassadors and their spouses are invited to sit in reserved seats at the Capitol for Obama's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday and in a reviewing stand across the street from the White House for the inaugural parade. They are also invited to attend a diplomatic luncheon and the official New England inaugural ball
Re: Re: Re: For persons attending function?
by Ram RamIndian on Jan 15, 2009 10:50 AM
after hearing this osama would feel bad because he miss a great chance to close all the world leaders in one shot.
Re: Re: For persons attending function?
by harry on Jan 15, 2009 09:39 AM
Shame on us..!! None of the US president has ever attended ours..!!! Why MMS is going there..???
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by Sathish N on Jan 15, 2009 10:20 AM
Because Sonia wants him to.. it would be glaringly obvious who no.1 is in India if she were to attend without MMS.
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by gg gg on Jan 15, 2009 09:50 AM
hahaha! MMS is going there coz MMS is not enabled on MMS's cellfone or else PM Sonia Ji wud hv MMSed him to the inaguration!
Re: Re: For persons attending function?
by Vasudev Patel on Jan 15, 2009 10:39 AM
Rediff has count PM's wife as Indian...according to rediff, Sonia may not belongs to Indians...si means said as 4 Indians invited to attend ceremeny of Obama... Ha ah ah ahha hahaa.....
Re: For persons attending function?
by geetanjli on Jan 15, 2009 10:43 AM
MAY BE THEY ARE GOING TO ARRANGE MEETING BETWEEN INDIAN PM WITH PAKI PRESIDENT IN SIDELINE OF THIS FUNCTION.....
Re: For persons attending function?
by hari roychoudhury on Jan 15, 2009 10:23 AM
Dr Monmohan Singh, Indian Prime Minister, a soft spoken person must be hard in action now with the new President of America to bring real peace in the world. To punish the guilty for wrong doings and praise the one for right doings is ethics of civilized society. The leaders of the world will show dynamism in governance .
Re: For persons attending function?
by Yogesh on Jan 15, 2009 10:20 AM
I was seriously reading article. After reading ur comment, i could not stop laughing.. good catch.
