US embassy cable - 04YEREVAN1339

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MFA INITIAL RESPONSE TO 2004 TIP REPORT

Identifier: 04YEREVAN1339
Wikileaks: View 04YEREVAN1339 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Yerevan
Created: 2004-06-14 12:02:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PREL PGOV EAID AM
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.

UNCLAS YEREVAN 001339 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, EUR/ACE, EUR/PGI, G/TIP, DRL 
DEPT PLEASE PASS USAID 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, EAID, AM 
SUBJECT:  MFA INITIAL RESPONSE TO 2004 TIP REPORT 
 
REF:  STATE 129244 
 
1. (U) Sensitive But Unclassified.  Please treat 
accordingly. 
 
2. (SBU) We delivered TIP report language and accompanying 
fact sheet and press release information to Special Advisor 
Salpi Ghazarian and Human Rights Desk Officer Karine 
Soudjian June 14 per reftel instructions.  Both reported 
that the GOAM was pleased to see that Armenia had remained a 
Tier 2 country but recognized the need for progress -- 
especially in the area of victim protection -- in order to 
avoid a Tier 3 classification in the future.  Ghazarian 
passed the report language to FM Oskanian in advance of his 
meetings scheduled for June 14 and 15 in Washington.  In 
response to the report language, Soudjian reviewed Armenia's 
National Anti-Trafficking Plan of Action and previewed MFA 
plans to support legislative measures aimed at combating 
trafficking during the Fall 2004 legislative session.  After 
reviewing relevant talking points, Soudjian said that 
problems with inter-agency coordination among GOAM entities 
as well as with the donor community were the biggest 
obstacles to GOAM progress on TIP.  Post reviewed ongoing 
USG bilateral and multilateral programs in Armenia to combat 
TIP and committed to capitalize on the rollout of the report 
as a way to further educate the public and GOAM on the 
issue. 
 
3. (U) Post is disseminating TIP information among civil 
society and press contacts and will report on results 
septel. 
ORDWAY 

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