HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO PROMISES "FULL SUPPORT"

C O N F I D E N T I A L TEGUCIGALPA 000670 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR, NEA/NGA, NP, AND PM STATE FOR WHA AND WHA/CEN E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2013 TAGS: PREL PARM MOPS IZ HO SUBJECT: HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO PROMISES "FULL SUPPORT" FOR USG VISION FOR IRAQ REF: A. STATE 69423 ¶B. MANAGUA 814 Classified By: Ambassador Larry Palmer; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ¶1. (C) Ambassador spoke to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro March 16 to discuss ref A seeking GOH support for a vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people. Maduro promised Ambassador the "full support" of Honduras for the USG position. When asked, Maduro said that the GOH might make a public statement on the issue. Maduro asked Ambassador for copies of the statements from the Atlantic Summit, which Post sent to Maduro March 17. (DCM tried but was unable to reach Acting Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez.) ¶2. (C) PolOff asked MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin March 17 if the GOH was planning to sign the Nicaraguan-organized joint Central American statement on Iraq (ref B). Fortin said he was unsure but would check with Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias and provide an answer to the Embassy as soon as possible. Palmer