US embassy cable - 04ANKARA3545

UNCLAS ANKARA 003545 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR IO/T - FOSTRANDER AND EB/TRA/OTP 
MONTREAL FOR USICAO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC, EAIR, TU 
SUBJECT:  Turkish Response to ICAO Council Candidacy 
Demarche 
 
Ref: (A) State 129598 (B) Ankara 3358 
 
MFA provided a non-committal response to ref A's request 
for support for U.S. re-election to the Council of the 
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).  The 
text of the response is reproduced below: 
 
Begin text of MFA Note 2004/DHGY/257236 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 
Turkey presents its compliments to the Embassy of the 
United States of America and with reference to the 
latter's fax message dated 14 June 2004, regarding the 
U.S.' candidature for re-election to the ICAO Council at 
the elections to be held on 28 September-8 October 2004 
in Montreal, has the honor to state the following: 
 
The non-paper enclosed with the above mentioned fax 
message has been duly examined.  Within this context, 
the U.S.' candidature for re-election to the ICAO 
Council will be given due consideration. 
 
However, the situation of Turkey with regard to 
candidacy for the said elections has not been determined 
yet.  Therefore, for the time being, it is not possible 
for the Ministry to give a final reply to the demand for 
support to the US' candidacy for re-election to the ICAO 
Council. 
 
Furthermore, the composition of Turkey's delegation to 
the 35th ICAO Assembly, which has been asked by the 
esteemed Embassy, has not been finalized, too. 
 
In this regard, the composition of Turkish delegation 
and other information with regard to the ICAO Council 
elections as well as our final reply to US' demand for 
re-election to the ICAO Council would be notified to the 
esteemed Embassy, soon. 
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 
Turkey avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the 
Embassy of the United States of America the assurances 
of its highest consideration 
 
Ankara, 17 June 2004 
End Text MFA Diplomatic Note. 
Edelman