SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI

UNCLAS MADRID 001002 SIPDIS STATE PASS JOSEPH BRACKEN USAID PASS JEFF BORNS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID PREF PREL HA SP SUBJECT: SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI REF: SECSTATE 52611 ¶1. We received Spain's response to reftel from Felipe Bragado de las Heras, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain has donated EUR 300,000 (USD 366,000 at an exchange rate of EUR 1.0=USD 1.21) to the United Nations Flash Appeal for Haiti through the World Food Program. ¶2. Spain is currently going through a political transition between governments. We will ascertain if additional aid is envisioned when we meet with the new government's personnel. ¶3. Minimize considered. ARGYROS