ECOSOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA NONCOMMITTAL

UNCLAS ANKARA 003857 SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/SHA - JOE BRACKEN AND SASHA MEHRA STATE ALSO FOR DRL/MLA - MICHAEL BUTLER AND LYNN SICADE USUN FOR MADELYN SPIRNAK AND MICHELLE ZACK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL TU SUBJECT: ECOSOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TURKISH MFA NONCOMMITTAL REF: STATE 150754 (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 12 to MFA Americas and International Organizations offices. Americas Desk's initial reaction was noncommittal; speculating that the Cuban resolution was motivated by politics, not necessity. Our interlocutor also noted Cuba previously tabled a resolution that focused on Guantanamo Bay detainees but undertook to convey to Turkey's UN mission the substance of the demarche, and the Department's strong opposition to the Cuban draft resolution. DEUTSCH