UPDATE TO HUNGARY'S ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL

UNCLAS BUDAPEST 000872

SENSITIVE
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DEPARTMENT FOR IO/UNP (SUN),P (REINMEYER),EUR/PGI
(TESSLER),EUR/CE (JLAMORE),PASS TO NSC (MCDONALD)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA HU
SUBJECT: UPDATE TO HUNGARY'S ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY

REF: A. SECSTATE 72078

B. BUDAPEST 721

C. MARTINSON-LAMORE EMAILS


1. (SBU) Post provides the following updates to information
provided earlier in ref B:


A. The Head of State, President Solyom, will not attend


B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, will not
attend


C. The Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, will attend the
General Debate.

- Planned arrival date: September 21
- Scheduled departure date from the U.S.: October 1
- Spouse will not travel
- No interpretation required
- The FM plans to travel to Chicago September 28 to visit the
Hungarian Consulate and also visit Washington September 30.


D. The following Foreign Ministry officials plan to travel
with the Foreign Minister:

(1)
- State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi
- Planned arrival date: September 21
- Planned departure date: September 26
- Spouse will not travel
- No interpretation required

(2)
- State Secretary Gabor Szentivanyi
- Planned arrival date: September 22
- Planned departure date: September 26
- Spouse will not travel
- No interpretation required

(3)
- Istvan Kovacs, Chief, Foreign Ministry Cabinet
- Same travel schedule as the FM
- Spouse will not travel
- No interpretation required


E. The Foreign Ministry Spokesperson will attend.
- Lajos Szelestey
- Same travel schedule as the FM
- Spouse will not travel
- No interpretation required


2. (SBU) The MFA requests that the FM meet with the Secretary
September 30 (ref C) to present the Commander's Cross with
the Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
recently bestowed by Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom.
Foley