NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000554 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/23/2014 TAGS: PHUM CH CU NP UNHRC SUBJECT: NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND CHINA REF: STATE 64048 Classified By: DCM ROBERT K. BOGGS. REASON: 1.5 (B,D). (C) On March 24 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya in the absence of the Foreign Minister. Acharya indicated that the Government of Nepal is unlikely to support either resolution, both because of Nepal's close geographical and diplomatic relations with China and because of its unwillingness to break solidarity with other G-77 nations, to which Nepal looks for support on its own human rights problems. MALINOWSKI