CZECHS WILL ATTEND THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES

UNCLAS PRAGUE 000624 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR G JOAQUIN FERRAO AND DRL/MLGA LAURA JORDAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA EZ SUBJECT: CZECHS WILL ATTEND THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MEETING AT UNGA REF: STATE 97313 (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ¶1. (SBU) On September 18,2008 Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),United Nations Department's Deputy Director David Cervenka. On September 22, the Ministry informed us that the Czech Delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Kohout will attend the Community of Democracies Meeting on September 26 on the margins of UNGA. Cervenka told EconOff that the delegation took the non-paper demarche on U.S. Priorities with them and was already en route to New York. According to the Ministry, the Czechs are generally supportive of the stated U.S. Priorities but that the details should best be discussed with the Czech delegation in New York. Graber