SPAIN'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 60TH UN

UNCLAS MADRID 002576 SIPDIS SENSITIVE FOR IO/UNP (HARRIS),EUR/PGI (ATKINSON) USUN (POL),NSC (WILLIAMS-MANIGAULT) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP SP UNGA SUBJECT: SPAIN'S HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 60TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REF: SECSTATE 122846 ¶1. (SBU) The Government of Spain intends to send the following delegation to the UN High Level Event (HLE) and/or General Assembly in September: ¶A. --Head of State: King Juan Carlos will NOT attend. ¶B. --Head of Government: Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE),arriving September 13, departing September 16. --GOS does not yet know if the president's wife will accompany him. --The president travels with his own interpreter, and will not require additional assistance. ¶C. --Foreign Minister: Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE) and the General Debate, arriving September 13, departing September 19. --GOS does not yet know if the minister's wife will accompany him. --No interpreter needed. ¶D. Other VIPs: --Pedro Solbes, Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE),arriving September 13, departing September 16. --GOS does not yet know if the minister's wife will accompany him. --No interpreter needed. --Bernardino Leon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Latin American Affairs (Deputy Secretary equivalent) --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE) and the General Debate, arriving September 13, departing September 19. --GOS does not yet know if the secretary's wife will accompany him. --No interpreter needed. --Leire Pajin, Secretary of State for International Cooperation --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE) and the General Debate, arriving September 13, departing September 19. --No spouse. --No interpreter needed. --Rafael Dezcallar, Director General for Foreign Policy --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE) and the General Debate, arriving September 13, departing September 19. --GOS does not yet know if the secretary's wife will accompany him. --No interpreter needed. ¶E. Foreign ministry official responsible for International Organization affairs: --Arturo Laclaustra, Director General of International Affairs for Terrorism, the United Nations, and Multilateral Organizations --Plans to attend the Summit (HLE) and the General Debate, arriving September 13, departing September 19. --GOS does not yet know if the director general's wife will accompany him. --No interpreter needed. ¶2. (U) Post will update this information once MFA has more detail on the delegation. AGUIRRE