ARMENIA TO FOLLOW CONSENSUS ON INTERNATIONAL

UNCLAS YEREVAN 000059 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR EUR/CACEN AND IO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL AORC AM UNCND UN SUBJECT: ARMENIA TO FOLLOW CONSENSUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ELECTIONS REF: STATE 5704 Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. (SBU) On January 13, we delivered reftel diplomatic note regarding Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky's re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board. Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan told us Armenia's position would "depend on international consensus," which he predicted would "not be a problem." "He's done a good job so far, I don't see why he would have any trouble," Mkrtumyan said. EVANS