Cablegate: Demarche Delivered On Iattc Funding Crisis
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O 081844Z SEP 06
FM AMEMBASSY QUITO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5229
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY 5957
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 3656
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 2008
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UNCLAS QUITO 002260
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIS SENV ECON EC
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IATTC FUNDING CRISIS
REF: STATE 137743
1. (U) On September 7 EconOff delivered reftel points to
Ambassador Jaime Barberis of the Sovereignty Section of
Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
2. (U) Barberis said that he had met with colleagues from the
Subsecretariat of Fisheries this morning. He was surprised
that Ecuador's balance with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC) was not current and said that he was
"sure" that Ecuador would pay its dues "immediately." He
said that the private sector, via the Chamber of Fisheries,
was responsible for payment via contributions from its
constituents.
3. (U) Barberis also mentioned that Ecuador was preparing to
submit the name of past Ecuadorian Fisheries Under Secretary
Rafael Eduardo Trujillo as a candidate for the presidency of
the IATTC and would be sending a summary of his
qualifications to IATTC members shortly.
JEWELL