Identifier
Created
Classification
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09NEWDELHI1234
2009-06-15 12:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS
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UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001234
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
SUBJECT: BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS
APPOINTMENT
UNCLAS NEW DELHI 001234
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
SUBJECT: BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS
APPOINTMENT
1. (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post copies of
letters from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and Foreign
Minister Ugyen Tshering to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake
congratulating him on his appointment. Once we receive the
original letters, we will send them to SCA/INS.
2. (U) Begin text of letter from Prime Minister Thinley:
10 June, 2009.
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the people and Government of Bhutan, I have the
pleasure to extend our heartiest felicitations on your
appointment as the Assistant Secretary for South and Central
Asian Affairs. Your appointment to this high post is a clear
reflection of His Excellency President Obama's confidence and
faith in your wide experience and abilities to address the
complex challenges in our region. I wish you every success
in discharging your important responsibilities.
I would also avail this opportunity to wish Your Excellency
and family good health and happiness.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration.
//signed//
Jigmi Y. Thinley
Prime Minister
H.E. Mr. Robert O. Blake,
Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
End text.
3. (U) Begin text of letter from Foreign Minister Tshering:
10 June, 2009
Your Excellency,
Please accept my warmest felicitations on Your Excellency's
appointment as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and
Central Asian Affairs.
Your appointment to this important post is a clear reflection
of your diplomatic skills and commitment to peace and
harmony. I wish you every success and fulfillment in
discharging the important and complex mandates of this high
office for greater well-being and harmony in this vast region.
I avail of this opportunity to convey my best wishes for your
personal well-being and happiness and that of your family.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration.
//signed//
Ugyen Tshering
Minister of Foreign Affairs
H.E. Mr. Robert O. Blake,
Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
End text.
BURLEIGH
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
SUBJECT: BHUTANESE PM AND FM CONGRATULATE A/S BLAKE ON HIS
APPOINTMENT
1. (U) The Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi sent post copies of
letters from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and Foreign
Minister Ugyen Tshering to Assistant Secretary Bob Blake
congratulating him on his appointment. Once we receive the
original letters, we will send them to SCA/INS.
2. (U) Begin text of letter from Prime Minister Thinley:
10 June, 2009.
Your Excellency,
On behalf of the people and Government of Bhutan, I have the
pleasure to extend our heartiest felicitations on your
appointment as the Assistant Secretary for South and Central
Asian Affairs. Your appointment to this high post is a clear
reflection of His Excellency President Obama's confidence and
faith in your wide experience and abilities to address the
complex challenges in our region. I wish you every success
in discharging your important responsibilities.
I would also avail this opportunity to wish Your Excellency
and family good health and happiness.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration.
//signed//
Jigmi Y. Thinley
Prime Minister
H.E. Mr. Robert O. Blake,
Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
End text.
3. (U) Begin text of letter from Foreign Minister Tshering:
10 June, 2009
Your Excellency,
Please accept my warmest felicitations on Your Excellency's
appointment as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and
Central Asian Affairs.
Your appointment to this important post is a clear reflection
of your diplomatic skills and commitment to peace and
harmony. I wish you every success and fulfillment in
discharging the important and complex mandates of this high
office for greater well-being and harmony in this vast region.
I avail of this opportunity to convey my best wishes for your
personal well-being and happiness and that of your family.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest
consideration.
//signed//
Ugyen Tshering
Minister of Foreign Affairs
H.E. Mr. Robert O. Blake,
Assistant Secretary of State for
South and Central Asian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
End text.
BURLEIGH