FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 11, 2016

Washington, D.C. - Today the Rumsfeld Foundation released a report on the 2016 CAMCA (Central Asia-Mongolia-Caucasus-Afghanistan) Regional Forum held in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 18th-19th, 2016. Organized by the Rumsfeld Foundation in cooperation with the alumni network of the Rumsfeld Fellowship Program and the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, the 2016 CAMCA Regional Forum brought together over 160 representatives from across more than 20 countries to discuss issues and trends central to the region.

CAMCA Forum highlights included remarks by Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, President of the Rumsfeld Foundation, H.E. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, Ms. Tinatin Khidasheli, Minister of Defense of Georgia, Ambassador R. James Woolsey, Chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Dr. Frank Luntz, Founder and President of Luntz Global and Mr. Mikheil Janelidze, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

Participants were generously hosted by the Georgian Government throughout the Forum including an evening welcoming reception at the Presidential Palace hosted by H.E. Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia, as well as a closing dinner overlooking the city of Tbilisi.

Forum speakers and participants included distinguished professionals from around the world including each of the 10 CAMCA countries, several European countries, India, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, Vietnam and more. View the Conference booklet here: 2016 CAMCA Regional Forum booklet.

The CAMCA (Central Asia-Mongolia-Caucasus-Afghanistan) Regional Forum was established to promote region-wide discussions on means of advancing economic growth and development in Greater Central Asia. It promotes this goal by fostering dialogue and interaction among rising young leaders from all sectors in the 10 countries of the region, as well as with international leaders and stakeholders.

For more information about the Rumsfeld Foundation, please visit www.rumsfeldfoundation.org or the Foundation's Facebook page. For more information on the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, please visit www.silkroadstudies.org.

To view the full CAMCA Forum Report click here. View the complete Forum Agenda here.

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