Mission conveys Secretary Powell's February 14

C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000278 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SA, SA/INS, S/CT E.O. 12958: DECL: 2-18-13 TAGS: PREL PARM IZ CE MV UNSC SUBJECT: Mission conveys Secretary Powell's February 14 UNSC remarks to the GSL and the Maldivian government Refs: (A) Colombo-SA/INS 2/17/03 class e-mail - (B) Colombo-OpsCenter 2/17/03 Telecon - (C) State 44466 (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b,d) (C) Per Ref C, Mission conveyed Secretary Powell's February 14 remarks to the United Nations Security Council to the GSL and the Maldivian government. Based on our assessment that they would speak in a helpful fashion, Mission also conveyed the points encouraging GSL and GoRM delegations to speak at the UNSC Open Meeting scheduled for February 18. WILLS