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08STATE72668
2008-07-07 21:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:  

LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER

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O R 072121Z JUL 08
FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY COLOMBO IMMEDIATE 
INFO AMEMBASSY BEIJING 
AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 
AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 
AMEMBASSY DHAKA 
AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 
AMEMBASSY KABUL 
AMEMBASSY SEOUL 
AMEMBASSY TOKYO 
USEU BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY LONDON
UNCLAS STATE 072668 


E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL XD NP OPDC
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA (SAARC SUMMIT)

REF: JUNE 6, 2008, LETTER FROM FM BOGOLLAGAMA TO THE
SECRETARY


UNCLAS STATE 072668


E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL XD NP OPDC
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER
BOGOLLAGAMA (SAARC SUMMIT)

REF: JUNE 6, 2008, LETTER FROM FM BOGOLLAGAMA TO THE
SECRETARY



1. Please deliver the following letter to Foreign
Minister Bogollagama from Secretary Rice. There will be
no signed original.


2. BEGIN TEXT:

Dear Mr. Minister:

Thank you for your invitation to participate in the
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit
in Colombo. I regret that I will be unable to attend
but have asked Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher to
represent the United States at the Colombo Summit.

The United States supports collaborative approaches to
economic development, particularly regional initiatives
that promote the spread of free trade. We look forward
to working with the SAARC's Council of Ministers in
addressing our common challenges.

Sincerely,
Condoleezza Rice

END TEXT.

RICE