ARMENIA WILL CONVEY MESSAGE ON WHO HEALTH

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000762

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN, IO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO PREL PTER AM WHO
SUBJECT: ARMENIA WILL CONVEY MESSAGE ON WHO HEALTH
REGULATIONS

REF: STATE 73041


1. (SBU) We delivered demarche and talking points to
MFA Chief of International Organizations Department
Valery Mkrtumyan, MFA Americas Department Chief Lilit
Touthalian and Ministry of Health International Affairs
Section Chief Haik Grigoryan April 25 per reftel
instructions. Post also delivered talking points to
the Ministry of Defense Foreign Liaison Office and MoD
Medical Faculty Dean David Mkhitaryan.


2. (SBU) MFA contacts were generally receptive to USG
positions and promised to raise these issues with their
mission in Geneva nlt April 29. Both MFA and Ministry
of Health indicated that inter-Ministerial coordination
on these issues was not exceptionally strong but
suggested a willingness to use our demarche as an
occasion for further discussion among their offices and
with the Ministry of Defense.
EVANS