DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON CULTURAL

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000884

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

IO/T FOR JANE COWLEY, EUR/CACEN FOR STEVE BANKS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD SCUL AM UNESCO
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON CULTURAL
DIVERSITY

REF: STATE 89776


1. (SBU) Post delivered demarche talking points to relevant
GOAM offices May 17 per reftel instructions. Initial
reaction from the GOAM indicated that the Cultural Diversity
Convention had not yet appeared on the radar screens of the
offices in question. As a relatively new member of the WTO,
the GOAM has expressed its desire to be viewed as a "helpful"
partner with the USG. We suspect that this prevailing
attitude, together with the demarche as delivered, will
inspire a more concrete position on the part of the GOAM in
advance of the May 25 negotiating session.


2. (SBU) Post deliverd talking points to Ministry of Foreign
Affairs International Organizations Department Chief Valery
Mkrtumyan, Ministry of Trade and Economic Developent Acting
Chief of Foreign Policy Artur Manucharyan and Ministry of
Culture Foreign Relations Department Chief Susanna
Khachatryan.


3. (U) Point of contact at Post is Pol/Econ Officer Aaron
Sherinian (SherinianAH@state.gov).
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