Identifier
Created
Classification
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06SANTIAGO289
2006-02-09 10:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000289
SIPDIS
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO OIHA FOR EPA/EP/BHALLAM AND OES/IHA/NCOMELANX
PASS TO USDA WASHDC FOR FAS/ITP/AAD/KKEZAR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO PTER CH AS CA CI VM EAGR APEC AGRICULTURE
SUBJECT: Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response
REF: SECSTATE 012781
Agriculture Attache contacted German King, Director, APEC Dept,
Chilean Economic Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding
reftel request. King reported he was unable to respond at this time
regarding co-sponsoring the U.S. proposal, but the general
inter-agency response was supportive of the initiative. He will
endeavor to provide the formal Chilean response by February 13. King
noted that he also needed to consult further with government and
industry contacts regarding whether Chile wants to include the June
2003 apple incident as part of the case studies for the project.
KELLY
SIPDIS
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO OIHA FOR EPA/EP/BHALLAM AND OES/IHA/NCOMELANX
PASS TO USDA WASHDC FOR FAS/ITP/AAD/KKEZAR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO PTER CH AS CA CI VM EAGR APEC AGRICULTURE
SUBJECT: Mitigating threat to APEC food supply-Chilean response
REF: SECSTATE 012781
Agriculture Attache contacted German King, Director, APEC Dept,
Chilean Economic Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding
reftel request. King reported he was unable to respond at this time
regarding co-sponsoring the U.S. proposal, but the general
inter-agency response was supportive of the initiative. He will
endeavor to provide the formal Chilean response by February 13. King
noted that he also needed to consult further with government and
industry contacts regarding whether Chile wants to include the June
2003 apple incident as part of the case studies for the project.
KELLY