GUATEMALA COOPERATIVE ON IRAQ AT NAM SUMMIT

C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 000496

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2013
TAGS: PREL IZ GT NAM
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA COOPERATIVE ON IRAQ AT NAM SUMMIT

REF: A. STATE 47493

B. STATE 47832

Classified By: Robert E. Copley for reason 1.5 (d).


1. (C) DCM raised ref A points with Foreign Minister Edgar
Gutierrez on February 21. In a brief discussion, DCM urged
Guatemalan support for a constructive outcome regarding Iraq
at the NAM Summit in Malaysia. Gutierrez said he would
instruct Vice Minister Aguilera, heading Guatemala's
delegation in Kuala Lumpur, to insist that any statement
include a reference to Iraq's unconditional need to comply
with UNSCR 1441.


2. (C) PolOff followed up by making appropriate ref B points
to the Foreign Ministry's Acting Director General for
Multilateral Affairs, Sylvia Corado, on February 25. Corado
confirmed that the Guatemalan delegation to the NAM Summit
had received Gutierrez's instructions and would do what it
could.


3. (C) Post would appreciate any information Embassy Kuala
Lumpur can provide regarding the Guatemalan delegation's
actual performance at the Summit.
HAMILTON