UNCLAS YEREVAN 000698

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EUR/CARC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN IBRD AM
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT

REF: STATE 73691

Post delivered reftel message to MFA Americas Department head
Armen Yeganian and MFA International Organizations Department
head Dziunik Aghadjanian (both A/S equivalent officials).
They thanked us for the information. While not yet able to
offer a formal reply, Yeganian clearly seemed favorably
disposed, expressing admiration for Zoellick, whom he knows
by reputation.
GODFREY