Cablegate: Serbia Response: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti

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R 251218Z JAN 10
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DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (P. PETERSON), HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE, WHA/CAR (V. DE PIRRO), IO/UNP (B. NARANJO, M. GARUCKIS)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PREF EAID ECON HA SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA RESPONSE: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI

REF: A) 10 STATE 6918; B) 10 BELGRADE 94

1. (SBU) Post conveyed Ref A points to Foreign Affairs Ministry
North America Desk Officer Srdjan Miljkovic on January 25.
Miljkovic replied that he would pass the information to his
colleagues at the MFA Department of Multilateral Economic
Cooperation, who were responsible for Serbian assistance to Haiti.

2. (SBU) The Serbian government formally decided on January 21 to
donate $100,000 to Haiti relief efforts via the Serbian Red Cross
(rather than through the UN as originally reported Ref B). On
January 22, the City of Belgrade announced it would donate five
million dinars ($73,000), also through the Serbian Red Cross.
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