US embassy cable - 05LIMA4590

C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 004590 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/24/2015 
TAGS: KNNP, PARM, ETTC, KSTC, EAID, ETRD, ECIN, PE, APECO 
SUBJECT: FOLLOWING UP ON 2004 APEC ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL 
COMMITMENTS (PERU) 
 
REF: STATE 192577 
 
Classified By: Political Counselor Alexander Margulies.  Reason:  1.4(b 
/d). 
 
1.  (C)  Econoff delivered the demarche "Following Up on the 
2004 APEC Additional Protocol Commitments" (Reftel) to Amb. 
Juan Carlos Capunay, Peru's Ambassador to APEC, on 10/20. 
Capunay proudly noted that Peru has already signed and 
ratified the Additional Protocol, agreed that Brunei, Papua 
New Guinea and Vietnam also need to sign the Protocol. 
Capunay declared that he will encourage these three countries 
to announce their intent to do so during his meetings with 
them in early November, before the APEC Summit.  He added 
that we can expect Vietnam to act quickly in this regard, as 
it gears up to take over the APEC chair in 2007. 
 
2.  (C)  Polcouns delivered the same demarche to the Foreign 
Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Julio Garro, on 
10/24.  Garro, who handles non-proliferation issues, said 
that he had discussed this matter with Amb. Capunay, and that 
the latter had mentioned discussing the Additional Protocol 
with Econoff and confirmed his intention of pushing for its 
adoption by Brunei, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. 
STRUBLE