Identifier
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09THEHAGUE686
2009-11-12 08:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. BHUTANESE REFUGEE
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SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. BHUTANESE REFUGEE
CORE GROUP
REF: SECSTATE 113863
(U) The Dutch believe the U.S. proposal to reinvigorate the
Bhutanese Refugee Core Group is a good idea. Robert Quarles,
in the Asylum, Resettlement, and Return Division of the Dutch
MFA, reviewed reftel points and responded the Netherlands is
"thinking along the same lines." Quarles passed reftel
points on to the Dutch embassies in Geneva, Kathmandu, and
New Delhi ahead of the visit by PDAS Witten to Nebal and
India. Quarles noted that the Dutch Embassy in Washington
had in fact conducted a similar exercise two months ago,
seeking ideas to address the refugee problem. The Dutch will
assume the presidency of the Bhutanese refugee working group
in Geneva beginning in 2010, so the Netherlands is preparing
an inventory of ideas to strengthen the process. Quarles
will share further details with Post on November 16.
LEVIN