OIC POINTS DELIVERED TO KYRGYZSTAN

C O N F I D E N T I A L BISHKEK 000226 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR AF/W, AND PRM DEPT ALSO FOR SCA/CEN E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2018 TAGS: PREF PREL OIC SMIG KG SUBJECT: OIC POINTS DELIVERED TO KYRGYZSTAN REF: A. STATE 22306 ¶B. STATE 20672 ¶C. STATE 19491 Classified By: POL CHIEF ROBERT BURGESS, REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (SBU) PolChief delivered Ref A points on the appointment of Sada Cumber as U.S. Special Representative to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) to MFA Western Countries Department Counselor Askhat Ryskulov on March 5. Ryskulov thanked us for the points and said he would pass the information on to other officials in the Ministry. ¶2. (C) PolChief also delivered Ref B points on the presence of Ambassador William Swing, the U.S. candidate for Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),at the OIC Summit in Dakar, Senegal from March 9 to 11 to advance his candidacy with IOM member states on the margins of the Summit. Ryskulov thanked us for the points and said he would pass the information to the concerned officials in the Ministry. Ryskulov did not know who would represent Kyrgyzstan at the OIC Summit. Post will follow up with the MFA to get a point of contact for the Kyrgyz delegation. YOVANOVITCH