The Round Table of Ethnic Minorities of the President of the Republic will have a field session in Narva on this Friday, October 20, at 11 AM in the Rüütli Hall of the Hermann Stronghold.

Fulfilment of the national integration program will be analysed at the session and the main speech will be delivered by Minister of Population Katrin Saks. The Round Table will also discuss the document ''Preconditions and Possibilities for Alleviation of the Conditions of Acquisition of Citizenship for Elderly People'', where introductory speeches will be delivered by Doctor of History Kädi Riismaa, who is the Assistant Head of the Department of Aliens of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and member of Riigikogu Mihhail Stalnuhhin.

In addition to the members of the Round Table, some members of the Constitutional Committee of Riigikogu and representatives of the Council of Cultural Societies of Ethnic Minorities, Narva organisations of minorities and foreign embassies have been invited to the session. The session is chaired by Hagi Shein, representative of the President in the Round Table of Minorities.


Press Service of the Office of the President of the Republic
Kadriorg, October 18, 2000

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