Cablegate: Sri Lanka Will Vote Against Belarus-Sponsored

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL BO CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS-SPONSORED
RESOLUTIONS

REF: STATE 187018

Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake,
Assitant Director of UN and Multilateral Affairs at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ekanayake assured poloff that
the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will vote against the
resolutions and said the GSL delegation at the UN in New York
already have instructions to that effect.
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