US embassy cable - 05MANAGUA2113

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NICARAGUA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO

Identifier: 05MANAGUA2113
Wikileaks: View 05MANAGUA2113 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Managua
Created: 2005-07-21 22:56:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EAID EAGR ETRD NU WTRO
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 MANAGUA 002113 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ROME FOR FODAG, GENEVA FOR USTR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, EAGR, ETRD, NU, WTRO 
SUBJECT: NICARAGUA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO 
 
REF: A. STATE 119974 
 
     B. STATE 131116 
     C. MANAGUA 2076 
 
1.  Post received a letter dated July 14, 2005, from Minister 
of Trade, Industry and Development (MIFIC) Azucena Castillo 
in response to ref a demarche.  The letter informs us that 
Eduardo Castillo, Nicaragua's alternate WTO representative, 
spoke on the subject of Food Aid in the WTO Committee on 
Agriculture meeting during the week of July 4. 
 
2.  According to MIFIC, Castillo expressed Nicaragua's 
support for the negotiating draft proposed by Mongolia, which 
would avoid restructuring the current system of food aid and 
includes effective disciplines to prevent displacement of 
commercial sales.  In this context, he indicated that 
Nicaragua supports the continuation of the modality of 
receiving food aid in kind, as is provided in the Food Aid 
Convention of the FAO, as well as in cash. 
 
 
BRENNAN 

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