Cablegate: New Zealand's Response to Appeal for Pakistan

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C O N F I D E N T I A L WELLINGTON 000848

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EAP/ANP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/27/2015
TAGS: EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN
EARTHQUAKE ASSISTANCE AND TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT

REF: A. STATE 195483

B. STATE 194572

Classified by: Charge d'Affaires David R. Burnett. Reasons:
1.4 (b) and (d).

1. (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche --
seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and
rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for
International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID
reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5
million (US $1.05 million) for the relief effort, paid
through the United Nations Development Program and the Red
Cross.

2. (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref
B demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the
NATO relief effort -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield,
vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force. Bamfield said
his government would consider whether it could contribute.
Separately, econoff alerted Coster to the NATO effort and the
request that New Zealand consider participating in it.
Burnett

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