CHR 61: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR USG "LIKELY" ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L YEREVAN 000675 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/ACE, DRL/MLA, WHA/CCA, IO E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/17/2015 TAGS: PHUM AM UNHRC SUBJECT: CHR 61: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR USG "LIKELY" ON GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION REF: SECSTATE 69823 Classified By: Ambassador John M. Evans for reasons 1.4 (b). (C) Ambassador Evans met with Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian April 18 to deliver reftel demarche and talking points. Oskanian told us that the GOAM would "likely" support the USG position and vote against any Guantanamo resolution at UNCHR. He linked the GOAM's position on the Guantanamo resolution to Armenia's support for the USG on the Cuba resolution earlier this month. Oskanian said he had already discussed the issue with Armenia's Ambassador in Geneva and would relay the substance of our demarche to their mission and provide us a formal response within the next 24 hours. Oskanian mentioned that, while it would probably not change their position, the GOAM was also seeking the EU's official reaction to the resolution. EVANS