US embassy cable - 04GUATEMALA1292

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001292 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN AND USOAS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PARM, GT 
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA INTERESTED IN SECURITY RESOLUTION FOR 
OASGA 
 
REF: SECSTATE 113234 
 
1.  Poloffs discussed reftel points and proposed resolution 
with Marco Tulio Chicas, Director for Integration at the 
Foreign Ministry, on May 20.  Chicas said Guatemala shared 
the goals outlined in the resolution and said he would 
immediately consult with Guatemala's mission to the OAS, 
which he said is in the best position to discuss the details. 
 Chicas also pledged to raise our points with his 
counterparts at a Central American Integration System (SICA) 
meeting in El Salvador on May 21. 
 
2.  MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Carla 
Rodriguez told Acting PolCouns on May 24 that she had shared 
our points with Francisco Villagran, Guatemala's Ambassador 
to the OAS, who plans to raise them with other Central 
American missions to the OAS.  Rodriguez said Villagran 
expressed some uncertainty about how security issues would be 
handled at the OASGA, and even whether there would be a 
general resolution on security this year. 
 
3.  We suggest the Department continue to coordinate this 
initiative with Guatemala's mission to the OAS. 
HAMILTON