Cablegate: Sri Lanka: Foreign Ministry Confirms Support For

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DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/RA, SCA/INS, IO AND PRM (M NICHOLSON)

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TAGS: PGOV PREL AORC PREF SMIG CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTRY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
U.S. IOM CANDIDATE SWING

REF: A) STATE 54603 B) COLOMBO 517

Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called Charge on June 6 to
say that Sri Lanka had decided to support U.S. candidate for
Director General of the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) William Swing. Charge thanked Kohona for Sri
Lanka's support.
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