KYRGYZ CANDIDATE FOR TIR BOARD

UNCLAS BISHKEK 000088 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (GEHRENBECK) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ELTN KTIA PREL KG SUBJECT: KYRGYZ CANDIDATE FOR TIR BOARD ¶1. The Kyrgyz MFA has sent us a diplomatic note requesting support for the Kyrgyz government's candidate, Turkmen Bootaev, for a seat on the TIR Executive Board. (Note: TIR is an international road transport convention operational mostly in Europe under the aegis of the United Nations to which the United States is a contracting party. End note.) The vote is scheduled to take place in Geneva on February 1, ¶2007. ¶2. The text of diplomatic note 011-14/18, dated January 13, follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to inform that the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic has decided to present the candidature of Mr. Turkmen Bootaev to the one of the nine seats of the TIR Executive Board at the elections to take place at the forty-fourth session of the TIR Administrative Committee on 1 February 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Turkmen Bootaev, whose curriculum vitae is attached hereto, has distinguished himself as a highly qualified expert on custom, transport, transit policy and procedures of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. Mr. Bootaev has 14 years of working experience with the custom sector of the Kyrgyz Republic. He was one of the founder, since independence of the Kyrgyz Republic, of the State custom system. He has actively participated in the development of the Custom Code of the Kyrgyz Republic and the related legal documents on bilateral and multilateral levels. He has strong working experience on custom and transit system within the multilateral regional institutions (CIS, Eurasian Economic Union, Customs Union). Mr. Bootaev has been assigned as head of number of working groups on implementation of action plans on cooperation related to the trade facilitation and transit procedures. He has an advanced knowledge of legal instruments on international and national level on custom, transit and transport issues. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic is confident that the election of Mr. Turkmen Bootaev will further develop and strengthen the TIR system. Taking into account cordial bilateral relations between the two states, it would be most appreciated, if your Government could extend its valuable support for the election of Mr. T. Bootaev to the TIR Executive Board. (Complimentary closing) ¶3. Embassy will fax a copy of Mr. Bootaev's curriculum vitae to the Department. YOVANOVITCH