Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PANAMA490
2007-03-30 19:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Panama
Cable title:
PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
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UNCLAS PANAMA 000490
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/WMDT, T (T. KATSAPIS),WHA/PPC, AND WHA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PM
SUBJECT: PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
NUCLEAR TERRORISM DELIVERED
REF: STATE 21535
"Panama supports initiatives such as this that lead our
country in the right direction," Panamanian First VP and FM
Samuel Lewis told U.S. Ambassador Eaton and Russian
Ambassador to Panama Evgeny Voronin when they delivered
reftel demarche on March 29. Panamanian MFA DG for
International Political Affairs Javier Bonogas and Senior
Advisor for UNSC Affairs Nils Castro accompanied Lewis. U.S.
and Russian Ambassadors invited Panama to become a partner
nation in President Putin's and President Bush's Global
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and to notify formally
both ambassadors in writing if Panama was prepared to support
this initiative's statement of principles. Lewis undertook
to examine the statement of principles and to provide a
response to this joint U.S.-Russian presentation. Ambassador
also previewed this demarche with Lewis on the margins of a
March 28 dinner at the Ambassador's residence.
EATON
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR ISN/WMDT, T (T. KATSAPIS),WHA/PPC, AND WHA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PM
SUBJECT: PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
NUCLEAR TERRORISM DELIVERED
REF: STATE 21535
"Panama supports initiatives such as this that lead our
country in the right direction," Panamanian First VP and FM
Samuel Lewis told U.S. Ambassador Eaton and Russian
Ambassador to Panama Evgeny Voronin when they delivered
reftel demarche on March 29. Panamanian MFA DG for
International Political Affairs Javier Bonogas and Senior
Advisor for UNSC Affairs Nils Castro accompanied Lewis. U.S.
and Russian Ambassadors invited Panama to become a partner
nation in President Putin's and President Bush's Global
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and to notify formally
both ambassadors in writing if Panama was prepared to support
this initiative's statement of principles. Lewis undertook
to examine the statement of principles and to provide a
response to this joint U.S.-Russian presentation. Ambassador
also previewed this demarche with Lewis on the margins of a
March 28 dinner at the Ambassador's residence.
EATON