Identifier
Created
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06PORTOFSPAIN562
2006-05-05 16:59:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Port Of Spain
Cable title:
POST AGAIN RAISES SOFA REQUEST WITH MFA
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UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000562
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AMB. BARBARA MOORE AND LT. COL. JOHN
HENRY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL TD
SUBJECT: POST AGAIN RAISES SOFA REQUEST WITH MFA
REF: Sweeney-Henry telcon May 3
UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000562
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AMB. BARBARA MOORE AND LT. COL. JOHN
HENRY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL TD
SUBJECT: POST AGAIN RAISES SOFA REQUEST WITH MFA
REF: Sweeney-Henry telcon May 3
1. (SBU) During a May 3 meeting on other topics with
Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, Charge again raised
Embassy Port of Spain's longstanding and often-repeated
request to the GOTT for a Status of Forces Agreement
(SOFA) with the USG. Charge told Gift that the US is
well aware of the GOTT's opposition to Article 98
agreements and that this was not a request for an
Article 98 agreement. The charge further emphasized,
per ref, that the USG would approach any discussions of
a SOFA with the GOTT with flexibility, so that, if any
proposals tabled by the US would require complex
legislation or a constitutional amendment to implement,
we would entertain counter-proposals from the GOTT
which could be more readily implementable.
2. Gift listened and undertook to provide us with a
response.
SWEENEY
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR WHA/CAR
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AMB. BARBARA MOORE AND LT. COL. JOHN
HENRY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR PREL TD
SUBJECT: POST AGAIN RAISES SOFA REQUEST WITH MFA
REF: Sweeney-Henry telcon May 3
1. (SBU) During a May 3 meeting on other topics with
Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, Charge again raised
Embassy Port of Spain's longstanding and often-repeated
request to the GOTT for a Status of Forces Agreement
(SOFA) with the USG. Charge told Gift that the US is
well aware of the GOTT's opposition to Article 98
agreements and that this was not a request for an
Article 98 agreement. The charge further emphasized,
per ref, that the USG would approach any discussions of
a SOFA with the GOTT with flexibility, so that, if any
proposals tabled by the US would require complex
legislation or a constitutional amendment to implement,
we would entertain counter-proposals from the GOTT
which could be more readily implementable.
2. Gift listened and undertook to provide us with a
response.
SWEENEY