CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 25 HAITI KEY

UNCLAS OTTAWA 000718 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR - T. RYAN AND S. ROBINSON AND WHA/CAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA CA SUBJECT: CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 25 HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING REF: STATE 95352 ¶1. (SBU) Canada expressed thanks for its inclusion in the September 25 Haiti Key Players Meeting in New York, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Haiti Task Force Director Denis Robert. He noted that Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon will be in New York on September 25 and that Haiti "remains one of Canada's top foreign policy priorities," and predicted but could not yet formally confirm that the Foreign Minister would attend. Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent will accompany Cannon to New York and would likely lead Canada's representation if FM Cannon does not attend the meeting, according to Robert. ¶2. (SBU) Robert commented that the agenda "closely tracked with Canada's thinking" on discussion topics, and offered no suggestions for additions or deletions. Robert called the invitations to Norway and Sweden as potential new donors for Haiti "an excellent idea." Visit Canada,s North American partnership community at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / BREESE