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06MONTEVIDEO196
2006-03-01 12:55:00
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Embassy Montevideo
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URUGUAY ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/01/2016
TAGS: MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ UY
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY
FORCES

REF: STATE 22896

Classified By: Charge D'Affaires James D. Nealon
for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)

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TAGS: MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ UY
SUBJECT: URUGUAY ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY
FORCES

REF: STATE 22896

Classified By: Charge D'Affaires James D. Nealon
for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)


1. (S/NF) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's
Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Bruno
Faraone on February 24. After discussing some of the items
on the list, Faraone said weapons donations were not
possible, but that he would look into the ""feasibility"" of
donating locally-manufactured water purification units known
as ""UPAs."" He said that it would take some time to evaluate
if such a donation was possible, particularly because of the
Carnaval holidays on February 27 and 28. Faraone personally
doubted that Uruguay would have the funds to transport items
such as water purification units to either Iraq or
Afghanistan. He also commented that the GOU was generally
more inclined to help Afghanistan security forces rather than
Iraqi ones since it considered the Iraqi intervention to be
a mistake.""

Comment:
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2. (S/NF) Uruguay previously donated two UPAs for Iraq that
were subsequently destroyed in a ground attack by insurgents.
The GOU appears to be unaware that that the units were
destroyed. Uruguay also offered UPAs to assist the city of
New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In that
instance, Uruguay did not have the funds to ship the UPAs to
New Orleans and the donation was not accepted. End Comment.

Nealon