VIETNAM REQUESTS MEETING BILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT

UNCLAS HANOI 001302 SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/MLS, EAP/EP, OES/EGC, OES/PCI, OES/STC EPA FOR OIA (MARK KASMAN AND KATHERINE BUCKLEY) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SENV ENRG KGHG VM SUBJECT: VIETNAM REQUESTS MEETING BILATERAL MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER IN COPENHAGEN REF: HANOI 1246 ¶1. (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) officially has requested a bilateral meeting between President Obama and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at the upcoming Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen later this month. Prime Minister Dung will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the COP 15 talks. Following up on informal requests (Ref A),on December 2, the Foreign Ministry sent the Embassy a Diplomatic Note with the official request for a meeting during the time period of December 16-18. ¶2. (U) The following is an unofficial translation of the Diplomatic Note, which also has been forwarded to relevant State Department offices via e-mail: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Socialist Republic of Vietnam No. 714/NG-CM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in Hanoi and has the honor to inform that the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, H.E. Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung, shall lead the Vietnamese delegation to attend the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 12/16-18/2009. During his time at the Conference, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung does wish to meet with the U.S. President, H.E. Mr. Barack Obama, to discuss issues related to the Conference as well as measures to further promote the multi-faceted cooperative relations between Vietnam and the United States. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam would like to request the U.S. side to help arrange the above-mentioned meeting and looks forward to receiving soon positive feedback from the U.S. side. For relevant details, please contact Ms. Vu Thuy Minh, Expert of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (email: vuthuyminh@gmail.com; phone: 379933309; mobile phone: 0915006478; fax: 37993115). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest consideration. Hanoi, December 2, 2009 To: Embassy of the United States of America Ha Noi Michalak