Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BRASILIA729
2008-05-28 16:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP)
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHBR #0729 1491653 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 281653Z MAY 08 FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1764 INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
UNCLAS BRASILIA 000729
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/TRA/OTP AND PM/ISO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
SUBJECT: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP)
REF: SECSTATE 50488
Mission delivered the reftel nonpaper during a May 27
briefing to a Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs (MRE)
team led by Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama. The
Brazilians expressed interest in the overall concept of a
maritime partnership but were curious as to what specific
programs the U.S. might be considering for Brazilian and
South American participation. The flexibility of the
proposed partnership and its applicability to a country such
as Brazil which depends on seaborne trade for its prosperity
were also important considerations. The Brazilian side
identified drug trafficking, piracy and security of the
Panama Canal as important regional issues but was unable to
give an immediate answer as to whether Brazil would join the
GMP.
SOBEL