SLOVENIA GIVES POSITIVE READ-OUT OF MEM 2; PLANS

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000047 SIPDIS C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (ADD SENSITIVE CAPTION) SENSITIVE SIPDIS EUR/NCE FOR TOM YEAGER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV ENRG ECON TSPL KSCA KGHG EUN SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA GIVES POSITIVE READ-OUT OF MEM 2; PLANS TO ATTEND UN THEMATIC DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ¶1. (SBU) On February 5, the Undersecretary for the International Relations Department at the Slovenian Environmental Ministry, Andrej Kranjc, who also headed Slovenia's EU presidency delegation at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) in Honolulu, told Emboff that the MEM meetings sparked a constructive discussion and noted that everyone was asking the United States to increase its leadership on the climate change issue. Kranjc said he would join Slovenia's delegation representing the EU presidency, made up of President Danilo Turk, Environmental Minister Janez Podobnik, and Environmental Ministry spokesperson Emil Ferjancic, to attend the February 11-12 United Nations General Assembly's high-level thematic debate on climate change. The party will travel to New York on February 9. Emboff will meet with Kranjc upon their return next week for a full read-out on the MEM and UN discussions. COLEMAN