US embassy cable - 05LJUBLJANA634

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SLOVENIA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO

Identifier: 05LJUBLJANA634
Wikileaks: View 05LJUBLJANA634 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ljubljana
Created: 2005-09-02 08:38:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ECON EAGR SI
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 LJUBLJANA 000634 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE, EB/TPP/ABT/ATP/SHANNON 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USAID/DALE SKORIC, USDA/FAS/ELIZABETH 
AUTRY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON, EAGR, SI 
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO 
 
REF: SECSTATE 155973 
 
1. (U) Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper 31 August to Marko 
Verbic, Head of the EU Coordination and International Affairs 
Service at the Slovene Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Food.  Acknowledging the need for CSSD reforms, Verbic said 
he felt concerns over transportation costs could be one of 
the challenges in reaching an agreement at the forthcoming 
meetings in Geneva.  Verbic said that while Slovenia has very 
minimal surplus food stock, it might be able to assist the UN 
World Food Program by "covering the costs" of shipping 
surplus food from other countries.  (Note: Slovenia maintains 
a busy and growing port in the Adriatic coastal city of 
Koper.  End note.)  Verbic told Econoff that the general 
manager of the World Food Program had visited Slovenia in 
April 2005 and that Slovenia made the offer to donate 
transportation at that time. 
COLEMAN 
 
 
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 2005LJUBLJ00634 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED 


 
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