Polish delegation visits Cincinnati

Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka
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Posted: 02/22/2011

By: Peter Kasprzycki

CINCINNATI - Top ranking Polish diplomats and business leaders hold talks Tuesday with local officials promoting international exchange and celebrating 20 years of cooperation with Procter & Gamble.

The Polish delegation includes: Zbigniew Kubacki, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Poland, Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka, Consul General, Consulate NYC, Eric Stewart, President, US – Poland Business Council.

This international visit is organized by the European-American Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the U.S. Commercial Service and the Ohio Department of Development's Global Markets Division.

Consul General Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka will meet with Rabbi Abie Igber , Director of the Interfaith Community Engagement Program at Xavier University. Both of them had a personal connection to the late Pope John Paul II. The Consul General wrote a book about the Polish-born Pontiff and the Rabbi was one of the organizers of the 2005 Xavier University exhibit " Blessing to One Another " focusing ont the pope and his relationship with the Jewish people.

The Consul General will be accompanied by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland, Dr. Marek Dollar , who is also Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science at Miami University at Oxford.

As a side note, the top government officials of Israel and Poland will hold an historic joint session of the two governments in Jerusalem on February 24.