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The Honourable Peter Milliken will meet with high ranking officials of the Peruvian government

The Speaker for the House of Commons, the Honourable Peter Milliken, will be in Lima from March 17th-19th and will meet with high ranking officials from the Peruvian government to strengthen commercial and political ties between Canada and Peru.

Speaker Milliken will travel with a group of members of Parliament: Mr. Ted Menzies (Conservative Party of Canada), who is also the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Mario Silva (Liberal Party), Mr. James Rajotte (Conservative) and Mr. Yves Laforest (Bloc Québecois).

On March 18th, the Speaker will visit the Peruvian Congress where he will meet with his counterpart, the president of Peru’s Legislative, Dr. Luis Gonzales Posada, and with the president of the Peru-Canada Parliamentary Friendship League, Congressman Aníbal Huerta Díaz.

Mr. Milliken will also meet with Almirante Luis Giampietri, first vice-president of Peru and chairman APEC 2008 High-level Commission, and exchange ideas on diverse issues related to the APEC summit which is taking place in Peru.

He will also meet with executives from Canadian companies operating in Peru and with representatives from the Peruvian civil society.