US embassy cable - 05YEREVAN675

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CHR 61: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR USG "LIKELY" ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION

Identifier: 05YEREVAN675
Wikileaks: View 05YEREVAN675 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Yerevan
Created: 2005-04-18 12:11:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PHUM AM UNHRC
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 000675 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/ACE, DRL/MLA, WHA/CCA, IO 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/17/2015 
TAGS: PHUM, AM, UNHRC-1 
SUBJECT: CHR 61:  ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR USG "LIKELY" ON 
GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 69823 
 
Classified By: Ambassador John M. Evans for reasons 1.4 (b). 
 
(C) Ambassador Evans met with Foreign Minister Vartan 
Oskanian April 18 to deliver reftel demarche and talking 
points.  Oskanian told us that the GOAM would "likely" 
support the USG position and vote against any Guantanamo 
resolution at UNCHR.  He linked the GOAM's position on the 
Guantanamo resolution to Armenia's support for the USG on the 
Cuba resolution earlier this month.  Oskanian said he had 
already discussed the issue with Armenia's Ambassador in 
Geneva and would relay the substance of our demarche to their 
mission and provide us a formal response within the next 24 
hours.  Oskanian mentioned that, while it would probably not 
change their position, the GOAM was also seeking the EU's 
official reaction to the resolution. 
EVANS 

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