Press Releases: Senior Bureau Official Alice Wells of the Bureau of South and Central Asia Affairs To Deliver Remarks to the United States Institute of Peace 


Notice to the Press

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

March 8, 2018


Ambassador Alice Wells, the Senior Bureau Official in the Department of State’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, will deliver remarks on “Signs of Hope for Afghan Peace Talks” at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 9, 2018, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, 2301 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC.

Ambassador Wells’ remarks will be open to the press. To cover Ambassador Wells’ remarks, please contact Paul Johnson at pjohnson@usip.org by Thursday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. Additional logistical information will be shared with confirmed camera crews. Outlets requesting to send still photographers must pre-register.

Ambassador Wells’ speech will be livestreamed at https://www.usip.org/events/signs-hope-afghan-peace-talks. Follow @State_SCA during the event for updates and live tweets.

USIP media credentials are available to reporters, editors working as reporters, producers, camera operators and still photographers who work for legitimate media organizations and who present their official government-issued press credentials. Due to the limited space for media at “Signs of Hope for Afghan Peace Talks,” USIP reserves the right to limit the number of representatives of each media outlet attending the event.