SUPPORTING ISRAEL IN WIPO AND ILO: SLOVENIA

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000170 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE STATE PLEASE PASS TO USTR/ERRION E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KIPR AORC ELAB IS SI SUBJECT: SUPPORTING ISRAEL IN WIPO AND ILO: SLOVENIA RESPONSE REF: SECSTATE 35846 ¶1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Dr. Biserka Strel, Director of the Slovenian Intellectual Property Office at the Ministry of the Economy, and to Jana Lovsin, Head of the Department for International Cooperation and European Affairs at the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Affairs. On 15 March, Lovsin told Econoff Slovenia has "no objections" to Israel's membership in WIPO Group B or the ILO IMEC. Lovsin did note, however, that Slovenia would support the "common EU position" on Israel's membership in these organizations. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00170 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2