Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SANSALVADOR1458
2007-07-30 22:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy San Salvador
Cable title:
SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST
how-toVZCZCXYZ0002 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHSN #1458 2112255 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 302255Z JUL 07 FM AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7157
C O N F I D E N T I A L SAN SALVADOR 001458
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR CLINT WILLIAMSON AND WHA/PPC
JAMES BENSON
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ES
SUBJECT: SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST
REF: A. STATE 89997
¶B. STATE 89994
Classified By: Ambassador Charles L. Glazer, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) Ambassador raised reftel request for El Salvador to
assist in resettlement of Chinese Uighur detainees currently
held at Guantanamo during a July 12 meeting met with Acting
Foreign Minister Eduardo Calix. DCM raised the issue in a
separate encounter later that day with MFA Director of
Foreign Policy Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, the MFA,s
third-ranking official. DCM then met with both Calix and
Melendez on July 17 for a more detailed discussion. During
that meeting, Calix said that he would circulate the US
request to other Salvadoran authorities, but added that he
doubted that El Salvador would be able to resettle any of the
Uighur currently in Guantanamo.
Glazer