UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 002014 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR IO/UNP - HARRIS AND GOLDENBERG USUN FOR DUGAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL UNSC HA GT VE SUBJECT: UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA REF: A. STATE 175110 ¶B. POST/TASK FORCE 3 TELCON ¶C. 1600 EST ¶1. This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. ¶2. (SBU) Per Ref A, Polcouns delivered the demarche regarding the UNSC vote to the minister of foreign affairs' chief of staff, Anthony Dessources, on the afternoon of October 19. (Note: With the Ambassador visiting Cap Haitien, both the DCM and Polcouns attempted to see the foreign minister before the chief of staff made himself available late in the day. End Note.) Dessources listened attentively to the points taken from ref A and pledged to communicate the U.S. views to the Foreign Minister immediately and recommend that he brief the Prime Minister and President Preval by the end of the day. Desroches admitted that a solution to the current impasse was needed, but gave no indication that the GoH was prepared to shift its support from Venezuela to Guatemala. Per ref B, Polcouns briefed task force by telephone immediately after the meeting. SANDERSON