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PRESS-RELEASE
02.02.05

Ambassador Georgiy Mamedov Presented Honor Professorship
to Canadian Citizen Austin Mardon

On February 2, 2005 in the Embassy of the Russian Federation Ambassador Georgiy Mamedov presented an honor professorship diploma of Russian Penza State Pedagogical University to Mr. Austin Mardon - geographer, writer and researcher from Edmonton (Alberta).

The Honourable Peter Goldring, MP (Edmonton East) took part in the presentation.

After the ceremony participants discussed a number of issues concerning Russia-Canada cooperation in the sphere of science and education as well as scientific perspectives of interaction in the Arctic, Antarctic and in the framework of Kyoto Protocol.