SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 001106 SIPDIS FOR EUR/WE; ALSO FOR IGAD COLLECTIVE E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2015 TAGS: PREL SO SP SUBJECT: SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN REF: SECSTATE 47850 Classified By: Robert Riley, Political Officer. REASONS 1.4 (B) & (D) (C) Poloff delivered March 11 reftel points on the proposal of the Ministers of Defense of the International Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to deploy troops in Somalia to the Spanish Foreign Ministrty's chief of staff to the director of sub-Saharan African affairs, Nuria Riegosa Gonzalez. Gonzalez said the MFA would study the points and would get back to us as soon as possible. MANZANARES