UN REFORM: PROMOTING OUR PRIORITIES -

UNCLAS YEREVAN 001203 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, IO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KUNR PREL PGOV AORC AM UNSC SUBJECT: UN REFORM: PROMOTING OUR PRIORITIES - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: STATE 111637 ¶1. (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Treat Accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points regarding USG reform priorities at the United Nations on June 21 to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan per reftel instructions. We followed up with Mkrtumyan during a meeting at the Embassy on July 1. During both conversations, Mkrtumyan said that the GOAM did not foresee any "disconnects" between the USG and GOAM policies on UN issues but would not commit to voting more closely with the USG than in past years. Mkrtumyan indicated that Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian's heavy travel schedule, together with his absence from Yerevan June 22-June 30, made it difficult for the GOAM to react fully to our policy priorities. He said he had instructed Mher Markaryan, newly appointed UN Desk Officer, to forward formal reaction to our talking points by mid-July to the Embassy and to our mission in New York. We will forward additional reactions as they become available. EVANS