GEORGIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR

UNCLAS TBILISI 000933 SIPDIS DEPT. FOR EUR AND PRM MAURA NICHOLSON E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PREF SMIG AORC GG SUBJECT: GEORGIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR BILL SWING FOR IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL REF: SECSTATE 54562 ¶1. Per reftel request, Poloff met with Alexander Nalbandov, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff thanked Nalbandov for Georgia's support for the U.S. candidate for IOM Director General, Ambassador Bill Swing, and encouraged the Georgian government to make their endorsement public. Nalbandov said he was not aware if voting instructions have been sent to date, but reiterated that Georgia would support Ambassador Swing. TEFFT