WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED

UNCLAS VIENNA 000050 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR OES (STAN SPECHT AND CAMILLE HILL) AND EUR/AGS (JANELLE HIRONIMUS) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG EPET SENV EAID SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU SUBJECT: WIREC 2008 - INVITATION DELIVERED REF: A. STATE 563 ¶B. 07 VIENNA 2631 ¶1. On January 9, Post delivered reftel invitation to the WIREC conference to the Minister of Agriculture and Environment, and sent copies of the letter to the Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Energy. We understand from the discussions with our contacts in these ministries that Environment Minister Josef Proell or the General Secretary of his Ministry will lead the Austrian delegation. We were also informed, however, that the composition of the delegation will not be decided upon before receipt of the official invitation. We expect the GoA to decide on the delegation within the next month and we will follow up as soon as we receive any additional information regarding the delegation's exact composition. ¶2. Post's WIREC POC is Global Affairs Officer Michael G. Spring; Phone: 43-1-31339-2398; e-mail: springmg@state.gov. Kilner