Identifier
Created
Classification
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07NEWDELHI1076
2007-03-06 02:30:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
MEA ASKS U.S. TO PROPOSE DATES FOR PEACEKEEPING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 001076
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS AND IO/PSC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/05/2009
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO IN
SUBJECT: MEA ASKS U.S. TO PROPOSE DATES FOR PEACEKEEPING
WORKING GROUP MEETING, END MAY OR JUNE
REF: EHRENDREICH-MROZINSKI EMAILS 3/5/07 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: DCM Geoffrey Pyatt for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
(C) Post has been in contact several times in recent weeks
with different offices within the Ministry of External
Affairs, attempting to find out the GOI's plan for hosting
the sixth meeting of the U.S.-India Joint Working Group on UN
Peacekeeping Operations. (Note: the U.S. hosted the fifth
iteration in May 2006; the fourth one was in India in
February 2005.) According to Anish Kumar, Deputy Secretary
in MEA's United Nations Political Division, India is averse
to holding this year's meeting in May due to the Parliament's
schedule, which continues until May 22, and is complicated
this year by make-or-break local elections in heavily Muslim
Uttar Pradesh. Post's appeal to the Americas Division for
the earliest possible convening of the group found little
support, with Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar merely defering to
UNP. Speaking to the DCM on March 5, MEA Joint Secretary
Sanjiv Arora asked that the U.S. side propose specific dates
for the meeting in late May or June. Arora added that he is
willing to work with one or two dates from the U.S. side,
wants this to happen soon, and was eager to know who would
chair on the U.S. side. Per ref emails, Post will await
guidance from the Department on specific dates to propose.
MULFORD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/INS AND IO/PSC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/05/2009
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO IN
SUBJECT: MEA ASKS U.S. TO PROPOSE DATES FOR PEACEKEEPING
WORKING GROUP MEETING, END MAY OR JUNE
REF: EHRENDREICH-MROZINSKI EMAILS 3/5/07 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: DCM Geoffrey Pyatt for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
(C) Post has been in contact several times in recent weeks
with different offices within the Ministry of External
Affairs, attempting to find out the GOI's plan for hosting
the sixth meeting of the U.S.-India Joint Working Group on UN
Peacekeeping Operations. (Note: the U.S. hosted the fifth
iteration in May 2006; the fourth one was in India in
February 2005.) According to Anish Kumar, Deputy Secretary
in MEA's United Nations Political Division, India is averse
to holding this year's meeting in May due to the Parliament's
schedule, which continues until May 22, and is complicated
this year by make-or-break local elections in heavily Muslim
Uttar Pradesh. Post's appeal to the Americas Division for
the earliest possible convening of the group found little
support, with Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar merely defering to
UNP. Speaking to the DCM on March 5, MEA Joint Secretary
Sanjiv Arora asked that the U.S. side propose specific dates
for the meeting in late May or June. Arora added that he is
willing to work with one or two dates from the U.S. side,
wants this to happen soon, and was eager to know who would
chair on the U.S. side. Per ref emails, Post will await
guidance from the Department on specific dates to propose.
MULFORD