CIVAIR: ICAO 35TH SESSION DEMARCHE

UNCLAS YEREVAN 001801 SIPDIS MONTREAL FOR USICAO DEPT FOR EB/TRA/OTP, EUR/CACEN SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC EAIR ECON AM ICAO SUBJECT: CIVAIR: ICAO 35TH SESSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED REFS: A) STATE 168343 B) YEREVAN 1379 ¶1. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Armenia's Civil Aviation Department confirmed to us that Armenia would support the U.S. in the ICAO part I elections (refs A and B). Karen Zadoyan, Head of International Relations, GOAM Civil Aviation Department, already had draft copies of U.S. position papers (ref A) and expressed Armenia's enthusiastic support for U.S. papers on the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program, Regional Safety Oversight Organizations, and Increasing Electronic Communications. He said he personally agreed with the paper on Flight Information Regions "inasmuch as it said that the ICAO should base delimitation decisions only on the operational efficiency of air traffic management." He called the paper on Emission Charges a "complicated issue," adding that the delegation would have to discuss it at the ICAO conference. The Armenian Delegation will include Zadoyan, the GOAM Civil Aviation Department Artyom Movsisian, as well as Aram Marutyan. GODFREY