DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

UNCLAS STATE 160185 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 1367 REF: YEREVAN 001367 ¶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 Armenia, nominated by the Department of Defense for English language training. ¶2. Name of proposed candidate is as follows: NAME OF CANDIDATE - Lieutenant Karo Brutyan TITLE: Officer ORGANIZATION: MoD, Personnel Management Department DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 05 Jul 1982, Republic of Armenia; SEX: Male; NATIONALITY: Armenian; TYPE OF TRAINING: English language course, JAOBC/BOLC III DATES OF TRAINING: 16 Jan 08 - 01 Oct 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