US embassy cable - 03ANKARA3014

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TOBACCO CONTROL DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TURKEY STILL FORMULATING POSTION

Identifier: 03ANKARA3014
Wikileaks: View 03ANKARA3014 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2003-05-08 13:06:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: AORC PREL TU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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UNCLAS ANKARA 003014 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
 
FOR IO/T, EUR/SE 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC, PREL, TU 
SUBJECT: TOBACCO CONTROL DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TURKEY STILL 
FORMULATING POSTION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 106632 
 
 
MFA International Organizations Cam Oguz advised (5/4) that 
Turkey is unlikely to develop a position on the "no 
reservation" clause of the Framework Convention on Tobacco 
Control prior to the World Health Assembly meeting.  However, 
U/S FT DDG Agreements Husnu Dilemre said that under the 
customs union with the EU, the GOT is obligated to toe the EU 
line and support the inclusion of the clause.  In the 
unlikely event that the EU position changes, Turkey would 
probably join the EU consensus, he said. The lead agency on 
the convention, the Ministry of Health, received demarche 
materials on 5/2, but has not developed a position. 
 
 
PEARSON 

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