Identifier
Created
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08COLOMBO682
2008-07-16 09:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS
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UNCLAS COLOMBO 000682
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS, EAP/RSP KEVIN SHEIVES AND ISN/RA
CHARLES MAHAFFEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAID PHUM CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS
DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 74383
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000682
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS, EAP/RSP KEVIN SHEIVES AND ISN/RA
CHARLES MAHAFFEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAID PHUM CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS
DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 74383
1. (SBU) On July 16 POLOFF delivered non-paper on improving
ARF disaster relief preparedness (ref A) to Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Pacific
Dissanayake and urged Sri Lanka to support language in the
Chairman's Statement at the ARF ministerial on July 24.
Dissanayake replied that GSL was supportive of efforts to
improve disaster preparedness and thanked the US for its
helpful suggestions. While not committing to specifics,
Dissanayake called the non-paper a "very good proposal" but
highlighted that military cooperation may be a sensitive
subject for some ASEAN members. The Director General said he
would wait and see what other countries proposed before
agreeing to any specific language.
BLAKE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS, EAP/RSP KEVIN SHEIVES AND ISN/RA
CHARLES MAHAFFEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL EAID PHUM CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: ARF DISASTER RELIEF PREPAREDNESS
DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 74383
1. (SBU) On July 16 POLOFF delivered non-paper on improving
ARF disaster relief preparedness (ref A) to Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Director General for East Asia and Pacific
Dissanayake and urged Sri Lanka to support language in the
Chairman's Statement at the ARF ministerial on July 24.
Dissanayake replied that GSL was supportive of efforts to
improve disaster preparedness and thanked the US for its
helpful suggestions. While not committing to specifics,
Dissanayake called the non-paper a "very good proposal" but
highlighted that military cooperation may be a sensitive
subject for some ASEAN members. The Director General said he
would wait and see what other countries proposed before
agreeing to any specific language.
BLAKE