URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INTERNATIONAL

UNCLAS SOFIA 001154 SIPDIS SIPDIS EUR/NCE FOR VALDA VIKMANIS-KELLER AND CAROL VOLK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL MASS PM EU BU SUBJECT: URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING (IMET) PROGRAM ¶1. This is an action request: As required by the Leahy Amendment, we request that the Department perform a human rights review of the Bulgarian individuals proposed for participation in the Office of Defense Cooperation's International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program to be held from October to December 2007, in Newport, Rhode Island. Specific training dates for each candidate are listed below. ¶2. Proposed participants: MARINOV, Miroslav Ivanov, DOB 13 Dec 1967, training 8 Oct - 15 Nov 2007 STOEV, Tencho Georgiev, DOB 4 Jun 1961, training 8 Oct - 15 Nov 2007 NIKOLOV, Vladimir Dimitrov, DOB 29 Nov 1961, training 8 Oct - 15 Nov 2007 VAKOVA-JELYAZKOVA, Maria Georgieva, DOB 23 Jan 1970, traning 3 Oct - 14 Dec 2007 Beyrle