Identifier
Created
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09LAPAZ584
2009-04-15 21:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy La Paz
Cable title:
MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT
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UNCLAS LA PAZ 000584
SIPDIS
PASS TO SHANNON DALTON AND ALEX DOUGLAS
PORT OF SPAIN FOR SUZANNE LEMANDRI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
SUBJECT: MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT
REF: A. SECSTATE 36854
B. SECSTATE 34666
C. LA PAZ 555
UNCLAS LA PAZ 000584
SIPDIS
PASS TO SHANNON DALTON AND ALEX DOUGLAS
PORT OF SPAIN FOR SUZANNE LEMANDRI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
SUBJECT: MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT
REF: A. SECSTATE 36854
B. SECSTATE 34666
C. LA PAZ 555
1. PolOffs demarched on April 9 and April 15 Bolivian MFA
Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza and MFA
Multilateral Affairs Director Cecilia Chacon, respectively,
to request information on the Bolivian delegation to the
Summit of the Americas, or SOA (Reftel B). Between the two
dates, the makeup of the delegation changed substantially
(Reftel C). In addition to President Evo Morales' April 12
statement that he would not attend the Summit (followed by
his reversal on April 14),the size and membership of the
Bolivian delegation has changed.
2. In response to April 15 demarche, Chacon confirmed Morales
would head the delegation and that she would also attend. In
addition to Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, GOB Representative
to the UN Pablo Solon, and Organization of American States
(OAS) Ambassador Pinelo, who were previously reported, Chacon
said Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Vice
Minister for Coordination of Social Movements Sacha Llorenti
would also attend the SOA. The size of the delegation has
grown to 26 people, and according to Chacon could include six
to eight persons of Minister or Vice Minister rank.
3. Post has received confirmation from Vice Foreign Minister
Hugo Fernandez that Morales and Choquehuanca will attend the
Unasur meeting on Saturday morning, April 18 (Reftel A).
Fernandez also noted Choquehuanca had accepted an invitation
to meet with SecState on the margins of the SOA.
URS
SIPDIS
PASS TO SHANNON DALTON AND ALEX DOUGLAS
PORT OF SPAIN FOR SUZANNE LEMANDRI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
SUBJECT: MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT
REF: A. SECSTATE 36854
B. SECSTATE 34666
C. LA PAZ 555
1. PolOffs demarched on April 9 and April 15 Bolivian MFA
Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza and MFA
Multilateral Affairs Director Cecilia Chacon, respectively,
to request information on the Bolivian delegation to the
Summit of the Americas, or SOA (Reftel B). Between the two
dates, the makeup of the delegation changed substantially
(Reftel C). In addition to President Evo Morales' April 12
statement that he would not attend the Summit (followed by
his reversal on April 14),the size and membership of the
Bolivian delegation has changed.
2. In response to April 15 demarche, Chacon confirmed Morales
would head the delegation and that she would also attend. In
addition to Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, GOB Representative
to the UN Pablo Solon, and Organization of American States
(OAS) Ambassador Pinelo, who were previously reported, Chacon
said Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Vice
Minister for Coordination of Social Movements Sacha Llorenti
would also attend the SOA. The size of the delegation has
grown to 26 people, and according to Chacon could include six
to eight persons of Minister or Vice Minister rank.
3. Post has received confirmation from Vice Foreign Minister
Hugo Fernandez that Morales and Choquehuanca will attend the
Unasur meeting on Saturday morning, April 18 (Reftel A).
Fernandez also noted Choquehuanca had accepted an invitation
to meet with SecState on the margins of the SOA.
URS