TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON FOOD SECURITY DELIVERED

UNCLAS ANKARA 001363 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EEB/TPP/MTAA/ABT GARY CLEMENTS AND MIKE LURIE DEPT FOR MARISA PLOWDEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA TU SUBJECT: TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON FOOD SECURITY DELIVERED REF: STATE 93894 ¶1. We delivered reftel invitation and draft statement to Ibrahim Yagli, Head of Department at MFA's Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. He indicated that Turkey is considering the invitation and will decide on an appropriate representative to send, but no final decision has been made. ¶2. On the broader topic of food security, Yagli referenced a recent meeting in Washington between MFA D/US Selim Kuneralp and Treasury Undersecretary-Designate for International Affairs Lael Brainard, noting that Turkey fully supports the activities of the FAO office based in Turkey but that it is still evaluating how it can best contribute in other ways to global food security. ¶3. We also raised food security issues with Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci, who said the GOT was still consulting internally on the food security agenda, particularly on the proposed trust funds, and had not yet decided its position. JEFFREY "Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.s gov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turkey"