Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NICOSIA425
2008-06-05 13:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRUS SUPPORTS EUROPEAN CANDIDATE FOR IOM
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UNCLAS NICOSIA 000425
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PREF SMIG AORC CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS SUPPORTS EUROPEAN CANDIDATE FOR IOM
DIRECTOR GENERAL
REF: SECSTATE 54562
Per reftel, PolOff on June 2 demarched First Secretary
Vasilis Philippou from the MFA's Multilateral Affairs
divisision, encouraging the GoC to support the USG's
preferred candidate for the Directorship General of the
International Organization for Migration, Ambassador Bill
Swing. Philippou responded June 4 that the GoC had decided
instead to support "the European candidate," presumably
Italian national Luca Riccardi, "as it is not possible at
this time to support Swing." From his vague response, we
inferred that Cyprus potentially might support the
U.S.-preferred candidate later in the voting process.
SCHLICHER