GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO OSLO PROCESS DEMARCHE

C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 000160 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR PM/WRA KATHERINE BAKER E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2018 TAGS: MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GT SUBJECT: GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO OSLO PROCESS DEMARCHE REF: A. STATE 13607 ¶B. 2007 STATE 167308 ¶1. (C) On February 15, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the upcoming Oslo Process meeting on cluster munitions. Poloff left the military utility and interoperability papers provided in reftel B. Villatoro confirmed that members of the GOG mission to the UN in New York would attend the February 18-22 meeting in Wellington. She stated that she would personally discuss our concerns regarding the Oslo Process with the GOG's head of delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Wellington. Villatoro stated that policies and personnel are still in flux following the recent change in government, but promised to advise Poloff of the GOG's position on the Oslo Process as soon as possible. Derham