Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SEOUL866
2006-03-16 09:27:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:  

ROK SUPPORTS GUATEMALA IN THE UNSC ELECTION

Tags:  PREL UN UNSC GT VE KS 
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DE RUEHUL #0866 0750927
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O 160927Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6661
INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0287
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0375
RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 0057
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 0069
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0229
C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000866

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/15/2016
TAGS: PREL UN UNSC GT VE KS
SUBJECT: ROK SUPPORTS GUATEMALA IN THE UNSC ELECTION

REF: SEOUL 445

Classified By: Amb. Alexander Vershbow. Reasons 1.4 (b/d)

(C) In a March 15 meeting with the Ambassador, ROK Acting
Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan confirmed a recent informal
statement by Foreign Minister Ban to the Ambassador that the
ROK would support Guatemala's candidacy in the 2006 UNSC
election. The ROKG, Yu said, had made a commitment to
support Guatemala. This commitment was linked to Guatemala's
support for the ROK candidacy in the UNSC and ECOSOC, Yu
said. The Ambassador encouraged the South Korean side to
also try to bring around other countries, especially those in
Asia, to support Guatemala over Venezuela.
VERSHBOW