ITU: ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SINGLE STATE

UNCLAS ROME 002295 SIPDIS SENSITIVE EB/CIP FOR ANNE JILLSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECPS IT ITU SUBJECT: ITU: ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SINGLE STATE VETO REF: STATE 124476 This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. Not for Internet publication. (SBU) In response to reftel, Luciano Baldacci, Director of Radio Wave Communications at the Italian Ministry of Communication and Italy's Head of Delegation to the upcoming International Telecommunication Union council meeting, said Italy agrees with the U.S. proposal to restore the single state veto. He said Italy has been in contact with other EU member states and that there is some opposition to the U.S. proposal, particularly from the UK. Italy will try to stay with a common EU position, but ultimately will support the U.S. at the council meeting. Baldacci invited members of the U.S. delegation to contact him in Geneva starting Monday, July 11, to discuss further. SEMBLER NNNN 2005ROME02295 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED