Cablegate: Proposed Gobal Partnership for Agriculture and Food

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P 261213Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0898
INFO RUEHRC/USDA FAS WASHDC PRIORITY 5409

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DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/RUS, EEB/TPP (MLURIE, JSPECK)
STATE PLS PASS USAID FOR BILL HAMMINK
USDA FOR KIRK MILLER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO RS
SUBJECT: PROPOSED GOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

REF: STATE 123480

1. (SBU) We shared reftel talking points regarding the proposed
Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF) with GOR
officials in the MFA's International Organizations Department and in
the International Relations Departments of the Ministry of
Agriculture, Ministry of Health and Social Development, and the
Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being
(Rospotrebnadzor). On November 24, Grigoriy Ustinov, a second
secretary in the MFA's International Organizations Department,
advised us that the MFA had also shared the GPAF talking points with
the Ministry of Finance. He noted that the GOR was not yet prepared
to provide a substantive reaction to the proposed GPAF, as GOR
ministries were still reviewing the document. We will continue to
follow up with the relevant ministries and report any substantive
response.

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