US embassy cable - 05CAIRO6292

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RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CODEX AD HOC TASK FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identifier: 05CAIRO6292
Wikileaks: View 05CAIRO6292 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Cairo
Created: 2005-08-16 15:01:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: TBIO EAGR ECON EG
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 CAIRO 006292 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDA/FAS/BIG-DAWN.WILLIAMS 
STATE/EB-JACK BOBO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: TBIO, EAGR, ECON, EG 
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CODEX AD HOC TASK 
FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 
 
REF: STATE 147159 
 
Per reftel request, post contacted Dr. Mahmoud Eisa, 
President of the Egyptian Organization for Standardization, 
and has discussed the US position on biotechnology with him. 
Dr. Eisa has forwarded our non-paper to the Egyptian 
representative in Japan who attended the Task Force meeting 
last year. Dr. Issa is doubtful that Egypt will attend the 
Task Force meeting this year, but indicated that Egypt will 
support the U.S. position. Post is currently awaiting a 
definitive response, and will report once the response has 
been received. 
 
 
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JONES 

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