Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KATHMANDU367
2009-05-05 04:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
SAARC SECRETARIAT TO PARTICIPATE IN ISLAMABAD
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UNCLAS KATHMANDU 000367
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SCA/RA (MANUEL MICALLER),SCA/FO (ROBERT DEUTSCH)
AND SCA/INS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EAID BEXP KPWR AF EUN NP
SUBJECT: SAARC SECRETARIAT TO PARTICIPATE IN ISLAMABAD
REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
REF: STATE 39779
(U) The Secretariat of the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will send a delegation to the
Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on
Afghanistan on May 13-14. Ghulam Dastgir, the Director for
Pakistan (also the Director for Energy, Tourism, Science and
Technology),informed Emboff on May 4 that the SAARC
Secretariat has already confirmed its participation with the
conference organizers. Dastgir will be a member of the
delegation. Ambassador Sheel Kant Sharma, the Secretary
General of SAARC, does not plan to attend the Islamabad
conference.
POWELL