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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP PREL UNGA PE
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT GARCIA DECLINES INVITATION TO UNGA
DEMOCRACY EVENT
REF: STATE 149099
Polcouns delivered reftel invitation on 9/11 to Ana Rosa
Valdivieso, Director General of the Foreign Ministry's Office
of Multilateral Affairs. On 9/13 Valdivieso confirmed that
President Alan Garcia will not be traveling to the U.S. for
the UNGA and must decline the President's invitation. FM
Garcia Belaunde will lead the Peruvian delegation at the UNGA.
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