COLOMBIA CONSIDERING U.S.CANDIDATE FOR

UNCLAS BOGOTA 002993 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR PREL CO SUBJECT: COLOMBIA CONSIDERING U.S.CANDIDATE FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ELECTION REF: STATE 47574 Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶1. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. candidate for the International Narcotics Control Board (INBC) to MFA's Coordinator for the U.S. and Canada Patricia Cortes March 30. Cortes said she would pass information about U.S. candidate Ambassador Levitsky to other relevant MFA offices. Poloff told Cortes the U.S. counted on Colombia's support and would follow up after the MFA reviewed the material. ¶2. (SBU) Drawing on Colombia-specific language in para 6 of reftel, Ambassador raised Ambassador Levitsky's candidacy with Foreign Minister Barco also on March 30. Barco said she had not focused on the INBC election but would do so soon. ¶3. (U) Embassy will follow up. WOOD