Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10COLOMBO99
2010-02-08 11:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION
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UNCLAS COLOMBO 000099
SIPDIS
USDA FOR THE FOREST SERVICE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION
ISSUE
REF: STATE 6668
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000099
SIPDIS
USDA FOR THE FOREST SERVICE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION
ISSUE
REF: STATE 6668
1. EconOff delivered reftel points to Mr. G. Piyasena,
Secretary of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources, on February 2, and followed up on February 8.
Piyasena noted that a representative from the Sri Lankan
Embassy in Manilla would attend the CITES meeting, although
he could not provide a name. He also said his Government was
in 'general agreement' with the U.S. position on the proposed
shark protection Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),although
his team of experts were still reviewing the language and
crafting the government's official position. Piyasena
emphasized though that Sri Lanka agreed that more needed to
be done to protect shark species and that the U.S. proposal
was 'very strong.'
FOWLER
SIPDIS
USDA FOR THE FOREST SERVICE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA SUPPORTIVE ON CITES SHARK PROTECTION
ISSUE
REF: STATE 6668
1. EconOff delivered reftel points to Mr. G. Piyasena,
Secretary of Sri Lanka's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources, on February 2, and followed up on February 8.
Piyasena noted that a representative from the Sri Lankan
Embassy in Manilla would attend the CITES meeting, although
he could not provide a name. He also said his Government was
in 'general agreement' with the U.S. position on the proposed
shark protection Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),although
his team of experts were still reviewing the language and
crafting the government's official position. Piyasena
emphasized though that Sri Lanka agreed that more needed to
be done to protect shark species and that the U.S. proposal
was 'very strong.'
FOWLER