DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

UNCLAS STATE 159343 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PHUM MASS ASEC AM SUBJECT: DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING YEREVAN 1269 REF: YEREVAN 001269 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 Armenia, candidates who have been nominated for training by the Ministry of Defense. ¶2. Names of proposed candidates are as follows: NAME OF CANDIDATE: Senior Lieutenant Tigran Haroyan TITLE: Accountant ORGANIZATION: MoD, Budget and Finance Department DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15 Jun 1983, Republic of Armenia; SEX: Male; NATIONALITY: Armenian; TYPE OF TRAINING: English language course, PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUD, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BUDGET DATES OF TRAINING: 5 Dec 07 - 08 Aug 08. NAME OF CANDIDATE: Senior Lieutenant Hrachya Palyan TITLE: Officer ORGANIZATION: MoD, Legal Department DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15 Jan 1981, Republic of Armenia; SEX: Male; NATIONALITY: Armenian; TYPE OF TRAINING: GENERAL ENGLISH ONLY, JAOBC/BOLC III DATES OF TRAINING: 16 Jan 08 - 01 Oct 08. NAME OF CANDIDATE: Senior Lieutenant Mher Asatryan TITLE: Platoon Leader ORGANIZATION: MoD, MP Special Forces DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 23 Dec 1975, Republic of Armenia; SEX: Male; NATIONALITY: Armenian; TYPE OF TRAINING: ENGLISH LANGUAGE CRSE, MP CCC INT'L STU PREP, CAPTAIN CAREER COMMON CORE,MILITARY POLICE CAPTAINS COURSE, DATES OF TRAINING: 23 Jan 08 - Aug 08. ¶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