SPAIN: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE RESPONSE

UNCLAS MADRID 003700 SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/T AND EB/TRA MONTREAL FOR ICAO FAA FOR AIA-100 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC EAIR SP ICAO SUBJECT: SPAIN: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE RESPONSE REF: STATE 168335 We were informed that the Spanish delegation to the ICAO General Assembly will be headed by Mr. Manuel Bautista, Director General of Civil Aviation. In response to our reftel demarche, we received via fax the following in its unofficial translation: "We agree with you to give complete support of the Spanish administration in the Work Program of the ICAO, related to Protection and Operational Security and Environment, without forgetting of course the rest of the ICAO programs, especially in favor of the harmonized development of international civil aviation, and indeed they are of special interest for the majority of ICAO countries, or of high priority for less-developed countries, or for those countries in our cultural area." MANZANARES