US embassy cable - 05YEREVAN884

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DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Identifier: 05YEREVAN884
Wikileaks: View 05YEREVAN884 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Yerevan
Created: 2005-05-18 12:23:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: ETRD SCUL AM UNESCO
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 000884 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
IO/T FOR JANE COWLEY, EUR/CACEN FOR STEVE BANKS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, SCUL, AM, UNESCO 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED:  CONVENTION ON CULTURAL 
DIVERSITY 
 
REF: STATE 89776 
 
1. (SBU) Post delivered demarche talking points to relevant 
GOAM offices May 17 per reftel instructions.  Initial 
reaction from the GOAM indicated that the Cultural Diversity 
Convention had not yet appeared on the radar screens of the 
offices in question.  As a relatively new member of the WTO, 
the GOAM has expressed its desire to be viewed as a "helpful" 
partner with the USG.  We suspect that this prevailing 
attitude, together with the demarche as delivered, will 
inspire a more concrete position on the part of the GOAM in 
advance of the May 25 negotiating session. 
 
2. (SBU) Post deliverd talking points to Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs International Organizations Department Chief Valery 
Mkrtumyan, Ministry of Trade and Economic Developent Acting 
Chief of Foreign Policy Artur Manucharyan and Ministry of 
Culture Foreign Relations Department Chief Susanna 
Khachatryan. 
 
3. (U) Point of contact at Post is Pol/Econ Officer Aaron 
Sherinian (SherinianAH@state.gov). 
EVANS 

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