SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA

UNCLAS KINGSTON 002617 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT) SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AND J7 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID PTER CO JM OAS SUBJECT: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA REF: STATE 207705 On November 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points in a meeting with Joy Wheeler, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and A'Dale Robinson, Deputy Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, MFAFT. Wheeler thanked Poloff for the information, and asked what other countries had already contributed to the OAS Mission in Colombia. Poloff cited past contributions listed in reftel. Asked whether the OAS would provide a list of in-kind contributions that are currently needed, Poloff suggested to Wheeler that she contact the OAS in Washington for those details. Wheeler concluded by saying that Jamaica and Colombia enjoy an excellent relationship, and that the GOJ would be pleased to support the OAS Mission in Colombia in whatever way it could. TIGHE