CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING

UNCLAS OTTAWA 001512 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR INL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA SUBJECT: CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING CONVEYED REF: STATE 11089 ¶1. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and highly appreciated" pre-brief Ambassador Schweich had shared with Associate Deputy Minister (ADM) and G8 Sherpa David Mulroney and other Canadian senior officials on July 13. ¶2. (SBU) Dobner offered no immediate substantive reaction to the demarche (septel). Rather, she referred us to the extensive, detailed remarks made by ADM Mulroney and others on July 13 (Ottawa 1420). Visit our shared North American Partnership blog (Canada & Mexico) at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap WILKINS