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03GUATEMALA1336
2003-05-23 15:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:  

DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE PUERTO RICAN REQUEST FOR

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UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001336

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL GT
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE PUERTO RICAN REQUEST FOR
RECOGNITION

REF: STATE 131326

PolOff discussed reftel points with Marco Tulio Chicas,
Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign
Ministry on May 21. Chicas, who is the MFA's action officer
for the Central American Integration System (SICA),confirmed
that Puerto Rico had requested Guatemalan support in its bid
for permanent observer status in SICA and said he believed
Puerto Rico had made the same request in all SICA capitals.
Guatemala's response to Puerto Rico, according to Chicas, has
been to merely receive the request. Chicas stated that the
MFA understood the logic or our points and added that no
decisions would be made until the MFA's legal department
reviewed the request. We would note, however, that Puerto
Rico sought and obtained observer status at the Central
American Parliament in October of 2001.
HAMILTON