DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001677 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KCRM SNAR NL SUBJECT: DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REF: A. THE HAGUE 03679 ¶B. THE HAGUE 04123 ¶C. SECSTATE 98868 ¶1. PURSUANT TO REF C, THE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT SUMMARY OF RECENT DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SINCE LAST POST SUBMISSION IN DECEMBER ¶1999. ¶2. PERU: THE NETHERLANDS HAS PROVIDED PERU WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,000,000 (TEN MILLION) DOLLARS IN DEBT RELIEF AS PLEDGED AT THE PERU DONOR CONFERENCE, WHICH IS TO BE USED FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS. THIS DEBT RELIEF WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS PLEDGED (REF B). ¶3. CARIBBEAN: THE NETHERLANDS, ALONG WITH EU PARTNERS, SUPPORT THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) IN BARBADOS AND CONTINUES TO ENCOURAGE REGIONAL MARITIME COOPERATION IN THE REGION (REFS A AND B). FENDRICK