AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR

UNCLAS STATE 129046 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AJ MARR MASS PGOV PHUM SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOAJ PARTICIPANTS REF: BAKU 1047 1.As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following member of the Government of Azerbaijan to attend the Program on Advanced Security Studies 07-7, which will take place on September 14 - December 7, 2007, at the George C. Marshall, European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The Azerbaijani officials' participation will be funded through DAO. In addition to the participants submitted via reftel, the following individual will participate: Last Name: Heydarli First Name: Erkin DOB: 25-07-1981 POB: Baku, Azerbaijan Passport Number: D 0010059 Date of Issue: 12-07-2006 Expiration Date: 12-07-2011 Organization: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rank: Attache Position: Attache at Foreign Policy Planning and Strategic Studies ¶2. Following successful completion of local checks, post is permitted to provide the following statement to authorized parties: Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual in paragraph 1 above, as of this date. Post may cite this cable in response. If in the future, post becomes aware of possible human rights violations by the individual listed above, Post should inform the Department and not proceed with training. RICE