MEXICO TO ATTEND PDG MEETING IN PARIS

UNCLAS MEXICO 000358 SIPDIS SIPDIS WHA/PPA FOR JENNA BEN-YEHUDA; PARIS FOR USOECD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM POL WHA MX SUBJECT: MEXICO TO ATTEND PDG MEETING IN PARIS REF: A. A) MEXICO 267 ¶B. B) STATE 9223 ¶C. C) MEXICO 151 ¶D. D) 07 STATE 156839 Lorena Larios Rodriguez, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Office of International Policy on Human Rights told PolOff February 8 that she and Ambassador Augustin Garcia-Lopez Loaeza, Mexico's Permanent Representative to the OECD, would represent Mexico at the 2/13 PDG meeting in Paris. Larios further said Mexico was prepared to meet informally the morning of 2/13 to discuss Chile's candidacy as PDG Vice-Chair. Post recommends USOECD contact Mexico's Mission to the OECD regarding the particulars for the 2/13 AM meeting. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / GARZA