US embassy cable - 05YEREVAN1203

UNCLAS YEREVAN 001203 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, IO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KUNR, PREL, PGOV, AORC, AM, UNSC 
SUBJECT:  UN REFORM: PROMOTING OUR PRIORITIES - 
DEMARCHE DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 111637 
 
1. (U) Sensitive But Unclassified.  Treat Accordingly. 
 
2. (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points 
regarding USG reform priorities at the United Nations 
on June 21 to MFA International Organizations 
Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan per reftel 
instructions.  We followed up with Mkrtumyan during a 
meeting at the Embassy on July 1.  During both 
conversations, Mkrtumyan said that the GOAM did not 
foresee any "disconnects" between the USG and GOAM 
policies on UN issues but would not commit to voting 
more closely with the USG than in past years. 
Mkrtumyan indicated that Foreign Minister Vartan 
Oskanian's heavy travel schedule, together with his 
absence from Yerevan June 22-June 30, made it difficult 
for the GOAM to react fully to our policy priorities. 
He said he had instructed Mher Markaryan, newly 
appointed UN Desk Officer, to forward formal reaction 
to our talking points by mid-July to the Embassy and to 
our mission in New York.  We will forward additional 
reactions as they become available. 
EVANS