CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PRIME MINISTER AGREES

C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 004270 SIPDIS THE HAGUE FOR CWC DEL E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2015 TAGS: PARM PREL PE CWC SUBJECT: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO PAY OPCW DUES REF: A. LIMA 4212 ¶B. SECSTATE 178946 Classified By: Political Counselor Alexander Margulies. Reason: 1.4(d ). ¶1. (C) The Ambassador, on 9/28, phoned Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (who was out of the country) to explain why it is so important that Peru pay 68,600 Euros towards its OPCW dues. Kuczynski grasped the point immediately when the Ambassador mentioned that the chair might otherwise fall to Venezuela and said he would deal with it. Kuczynski added that he would either get back to the Ambassador directly with confirmation that the necessary actions had been taken or ask that Finance Minister Fernando Zavala do so. ¶2. (C) Polcouns, on 9/28, informed Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, of the Ambassador's talk with the Prime Minister. Garro was pleased at the news and said he would work with the Finance Ministry to process the payment as soon as possible. STRUBLE