Cablegate: Turkey: Cites Cop15 Outreach On U.S. Species

VZCZCXYZ0025
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHAK #0200 0361548
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 051548Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 2026

UNCLAS ANKARA 000200

SIPDIS

OES/ENRC FOR LLOYD GAMBLE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES
PROPOSALS

REF: STATE 6668

We delivered points from reftel demarche to the Department of
Environment in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
on January 27. On February 3, Kantem Al from the Environment
Office informed us that the Ministry of Environment and
Forestry will convene an interagency meeting of ministries
involved in CITES on February 10. The MFA expects to be able
to respond to U.S proposals and provide a list of delegates
to COP15 aftter that meeting.
Jeffrey

"Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.s
gov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turkey"

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