US embassy cable - 04BRATISLAVA612

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ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY DEMARCHE

Identifier: 04BRATISLAVA612
Wikileaks: View 04BRATISLAVA612 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bratislava
Created: 2004-06-24 07:03:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: AORC EAIR LO ICAO
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 BRATISLAVA 000612 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/T FOSTRANDER 
 
MONTREAL FOR USICAO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC, EAIR, LO, ICAO 
SUBJECT: ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY DEMARCHE 
 
REF: STATE 129598 
 
ON JUNE 23, ECONOFFS MET JAN BREJA, DIRECTOR OF THE AIR 
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, AND RADMILA VALICKOVA, HEAD STATE 
COUNSELOR OF THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF CIVIL AVIATION, AT 
    THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO 
REQUEST THE GOS'S SUPPORT IN RE-ELECTING THE U.S. TO PART 
ONE OF THE ICAO COUNCIL, PER REFTEL. (NOTE: POST ALSO 
DELIVERED TALKING POINTS TO THE MINISTRIES OF ECONOMY AND 
FOREIGN AFFAIRS). BREJA AND VALICKOVA PROMISED TO INFORM THE 
GOS ABOUT THE USG REQUEST AND EXPRESSED THEIR STRONG BELIEF 
THAT SLOVAKIA WILL VOTE FOR THE U.S.'S RE-ELECTION. IN 
EXCHANGE, THE SLOVAK OFFICIALS REQUESTED U.S. SUPPORT FOR 
THE HUNGARIAN CANDIDATE IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN ROTATION 
GROUP IN ICAO. BREJA SAID THE HUNGARIAN CANDIDATE ENJOYS 
SUPPORT OF ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP (ROMANIA, SLOVENIA, 
THE CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY) AND HAS ALSO 
EARNED BACKING FROM THE EUROPEAN SINGLE AVIATION COMMITTEE. 
 
WEISER 
 
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