INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE

UNCLAS MEXICO 000520 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR ISN/MDSP--BUENNEKE AND T--KATSAPIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY CDG PUOS NASA, MX SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT--MEXICAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT REF: STATE 17336 ¶1. ESTCOUNS presented the demarche in reftel to Yuriria Guadalupe GARCIA Nunez, Director of Multilateral Affairs, Africa and the Middle East in the Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE). Garcia mentioned that Director-General for Science and Technology Maximo ROMERO Jimenez (who is traveling) had informed her and the rest of SRE's leadership about the intended engagement. For her part, she promised to inform her superiors that the Embassy had informed her the engagement had taken place. She said SRE would continue to follow developments and asked ESTCOUNS to inform her or Romero of further developments. ¶2. Comment: Garcia had no specific comments but did appreciate the Embassy's keeping her government informed. 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