MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED

C O N F I D E N T I A L PORT LOUIS 000568 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR WHA/BSC SLATTERY AND CROFT, NEA/IR HUMMEL, S/CT SIERRA, AND L/LEI MCSHAIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2017 TAGS: KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP SUBJECT: MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED NOTICES AT NOVEMBER GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING REF: SECSTATE 147320 Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Virginia Blaser, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. ¶2. (C/) The Commissioner of Police indicated that until now he was unaware of the issue regarding the upcoming vote on the Red Notices. He stated clearly that he would support Argentina's position on the vote, based upon our recommendation. The Commissioner has not received any voting instructions from his government and stated that he did not expect any to be forthcoming, as he typically receives instructions only for votes involving appointments. Despite his support, the Commissioner stated that he is not in a position to intervene with other Interpol representatives on this issue. He mentioned that Zambia is currently the chair of their regional Interpol group and noted that an appeal to them may shore up support in the entire region. ¶3. (C) Prior to the meeting with Gopalsingh, Post made contact with the Argentine Embassy in South Africa and obtained approval to approach the Government of Mauritius on Argentina's behalf. Ambassador R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano emphasized the importance of this issue to Argentina and provided text from the Argentine President's speech before the UNGA on September 26. The Embassy has since relayed to Ambassador Sersale di Cerisano the decision by the Commissioner. ¶4. (U) The point of contact for this matter is RSO Brian Roundy, 230-202-4470. BLASER