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Cablegate: Spain: 62nd Unga High Level Attendance

Published: Fri 10 Aug 2007 09:41 AM
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SUBJECT: SPAIN: 62ND UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE
REF: STATE 101170
1. (SBU) This is an interim report of Spanish high-level
attendance at the 62nd UN General Assembly:
A. Attendance of the Head of State
-- His Majesty King Juan Carlos will not attend.
B. Attendance of the Head of Government
-- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, President, will attend.
-- Arrival date: September 23, 2007; departure date:
September 25, 2007. President Zapatero will not be present
for the General Debate.
-- Mrs. Zapatero has not yet decided if she will attend.
-- Interpretation into Spanish would be required in any
bilateral meeting.
C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister
-- Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Cooperation
-- Arrival date: September 23, 2007; departure date:
September 29, 2007. Foreign Minister Moratinos will be
present for the General Debate.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
-- No interpretation required for meetings in English.
D. Other Spain VIP's
** Mr. Bernardino Leon Gross, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs (Deputy Foreign Minister)
-- Arrival date: September 23, 2007; departure date:
September 29, 2007. Leon will be present for the General
Debate.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
-- No interpretation required for meetings in English.
** Ms. Trinidad Jimenez, Secretary of State for Iberoamerica
-- Travel dates not confirmed.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
-- Interpretation required into Spanish for meetings in
English.
** Ms. Leire Pajin Iraola, Secretary of State for
International Cooperation
-- Travel dates not confirmed.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
-- Interpretation required into Spanish for meetings in
English.
** Mr. Javier Sancho Velazquez, Chief of Staff to the Foreign
Minister
-- Arrival date: September 23, 2007; departure date:
September 29, 2007.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
-- Interpretation required into Spanish for meetings in
English.
** Mr. Rafael Dezcallar de Mazarredo, Director General for
Foreign Policy (U/S Burns equivalent)
-- Arrival date: September 23, 2007; departure date:
September 29, 2007.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
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-- No interpretation required for meetings in English.
E. Attendance of Foreign Ministry official responsible for IO
affairs.
** Mr. Arturo Laclaustra Beltran, Director General for the
United Nations, Human Rights, and Multilateral Organizations
-- Arrival date: September 23, 2007; departure date:
September 29, 2007.
-- No information available on travel of spouse.
-- Interpretation required into Spanish for meetings in
English.
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