SUPPORTING ISRAEL IN WIPO AND ILO: SLOVENIA

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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.
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