DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000558 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/USOAS, WHA/AND, WHA/BSC, WHA/PPC, S/CT BOGOTA FOR POL (MERCADO) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM SUBJECT: DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM MINISTERIAL IN COLOMBIA REF: A. STATE 40856 ¶B. 03/17 FRENCH/MERCADO E-MAIL (U) On March 17, POLOFF contacted Claudette Francis in the Caribbean and Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to ascertain the appropriate recipients for ref A talking points. Francis informed POLOFF that GOJ would not/not be sending a special delegation to the OAS Ministerial in Bogota. Instead, Francis indicated that it was most likely that the CDA at the Jamaican Embassy in Bogota, Elaine Sanchez, would represent GOJ. Therefore, also on March 17, POLOFF contacted the political section at AmEmbassy Bogota and asked that the talking points be delivered to Sanchez as soon as possible. Per ref B, POLOFF at AmEmbassy Bogota indicated that the points are scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday, March 21 at the Jamaican mission in Bogota. JOHNSON