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05ROME493
2005-02-15 11:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rome
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GOI LINATE DELEGATION LACKS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR

Tags:  EAIR IT KTIA AVIATION 
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UNCLAS ROME 000493 

SIPDIS


SENSITIVE

EB/TRA FOR LJONES, DOT FOR OST

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR IT KTIA AVIATION
SUBJECT: GOI LINATE DELEGATION LACKS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR

REF: ROME 372

Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not For Internet Publication

SUMMARY
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UNCLAS ROME 000493

SIPDIS


SENSITIVE

EB/TRA FOR LJONES, DOT FOR OST

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR IT KTIA AVIATION
SUBJECT: GOI LINATE DELEGATION LACKS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR

REF: ROME 372

Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not For Internet Publication

SUMMARY
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1. Italy's chief civil aviation negotiator and Ministry of
Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) Director General Dr.
Aldo Sansone will not participate in February 17
consultations in Washington to settle a joint complaint filed
by American and United Airlines on access to Linate airport.
Dr. Ezio Madalon, Sansone,s deputy, will attend in his
stead. MFA North America Director Francesco Tafuri
nonetheless assured EconOff February 11 that Madalon will
have full authority to negotiate on behalf of the GOI.
Madalon and a technical specialist from the National Civil
Aviation Agency (ENAC) will join Italian Embassy officials in
one-day talks. Details on the delegation follow. End
summary.

THE DELEGATION
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2. The MFA supplied the following delegate names.

Ezio Madalon: Madalon is poised to assume additional
responsibilities, as Sansone,s portfolio at the Ministry has
recently increased. Tafuri stated that Sansone will simply
&no longer be able to go everywhere.8 Madalon was a member
of the Italian delegation in Washington for U.S.-EU aviation
negotiations in February, 2004.

Francesco Persico: ENAC,s Air Transport Section Chief since
2002, Persico,s section manages airport slots and flight
allocations. He was previously Palermo airport,s director,
but left to replace Aldo Londei, who is now Persico,s
supervisor.

Italy and Washington-based delegates will hold a coordination
meeting on February 16, but we have no new information on the
GOI,s goals and expectations for the talks (reftel).

COMMENT
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3. We have not met with Persico; but his presence on the
delegation is a positive development, as we thought a
lower-ranking ENAC official would participate. Persico seems
senior enough to hold his own with a higher-ranking ministry
official, such as Madalon. We would have preferred to see
Sansone attend the Washington talks; however, we understand
that Madalon has closely followed the issue and will likely
be our main MOTI interlocutor moving forward. End comment.

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2005ROME00493 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED