RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST IN STATE 26019

C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 001189

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/09/2015
TAGS: PREL MASS NP IN
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST IN STATE 26019

REF: STATE 26019

Classified By: Ambassador David C. Mulford, for reasons 1.4(b, d)


1. (C) The Ambassador conveyed reftel reassurance regarding
the US intention not to fill the India military supply gap
("under current circumstances") to Foreign Secretary Saran.
The Foreign Secretary was grateful for this clarification,
and shared that India would withdraw its Ambassador from
Kathmandu on February 13, joining the US in diplomatic
protest against the Nepalese King's actions. The Indian
Ambassador, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, is now back in New Delhi
and the Ambassador is scheduled to call on him February 16.
MULFORD