US embassy cable - 04YEREVAN699

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GOAM ON CHR 60 CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS

Identifier: 04YEREVAN699
Wikileaks: View 04YEREVAN699 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Yerevan
Created: 2004-03-25 03:00:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PHUM CH CU AM UNHCR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L YEREVAN 000699 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, I/O, DRL, WHA/CCA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, CH, CU, AM, UNHCR-1 
SUBJECT: GOAM ON CHR 60 CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS 
 
REF: A) STATE 62815 B) YEREVAN 660 
 
Classified By: Political/Economic Chief Cynthia Doell for reasons 1.5 ( 
b) and (d). 
 
1. (C) We delivered demarche and talking points to the MFA 
Chief of International Organizations Department Valery 
Mkrtumian March 22 and Head of Americas Department Lilit 
Toutkhalian March 23 per instructions in reftel A.  Both 
Mkrtumian and Toutkhalian reiterated comments made by FM 
Oskanian during his March 15 conversation with Ambassador 
Ordway suggesting that Armenia was unwilling to make early 
commitments with respect to country-specific resolutions. 
Mkrtumian mentioned Armenia's CHR candidacy as the primary 
reason for this strategy.  As during meetings earlier this 
year, however, Mkrtumian suggested that the GOAM could 
eventually support the Cuba resolution.  He suggested that 
the GOAM's decision would be easier once a draft resolution 
were distributed among capitals. 
 
2. (C) Both Mkrtumian and Toutkhalian asked the Embassy to 
convey to Washington what a "delicate" position the GOAM 
found itself in given its CHR candidacy.  We reviewed the 
human rights situations in both country and suggested to the 
MFA that a principled stand on gross human rights violations 
would only help its image (and candidacy) within the 
international community as a serious interlocutor on these 
issues. 
WALKER 

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