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SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2016
TAGS: MOPS PREL PTER ET IS LE
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON

REF: STATE 132517

Classified By: Charge Vicki Huddleston for reasons 1.4 b and d


1. (C) On August 14 Charge presented reftel talking points,
resolution text and Secretary Rice statement to Prime
Minister Meles who responded that Ethiopia is in favor of
stopping the violence, supports the UN resolution, and wants
a lasting peace. Meles went on to point out that Ethiopia
fully supports the U.S. in the Global War on terrorism.
HUDDLESTON