SLOVENIA ON JOINING AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000652 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON JOINING AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA REF: A. SECSTATE 164314 ¶B. LJUBLJANA 614 ¶1. Charge delivered ref A points to MFA director for Americas on September 8, Polecon Chief shared the points with the UN Department at the MFA, and Econoff delivered the points to the State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture. None were able to definitively commit Slovenia to joining the International Partnership. Previous discussions (ref B) on Avian Influenza do show, however, that the GOS is interested in working at all levels to help control the spread of the disease. Post will continue to pursue a commitment to join the Partnership in advance of the UNGA. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00652 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2