TANZANIA NON-COMMITTAL RE GRULAC UNSC SEAT

C O N F I D E N T I A L DAR ES SALAAM 000311 SIPDIS DEPT AF/E FOR E PRATT AND C PELT, DEPT AF/RSA FOR J NAY, DEPT IO, AND DEPT WHA E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/15/2016 TAGS: PREL GT VE TZ UN UNSC SUBJECT: TANZANIA NON-COMMITTAL RE GRULAC UNSC SEAT REF: STATE 20173 Classified By: Political Officer Maureen B. Latour for reasons 1.4(b) a nd (d). (C) On February 14, Poloff made initial delivery of reftel demarche to Vitus Njiku, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' United Nations Security Council Unit. Mr. Njiku had no substantive reply regarding the candidacies of Venezuela and Guatemala for the Group of Latin American Countries' (GRULAC) seat in the United Nations Security Council. Post will continue to brief Government of Tanzania officials on this important issue. WHITE