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O 120946Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7686
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 1841
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0735
RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2617
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000156
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SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/INS, SCA/RA, ISN AND PM
GENEVA FOR CD DELEGATION
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PARM MNUC UN CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON GSL REPRESENTATIVE'S
STATEMENT AT GENEVA CD
REF: STATE 012555
(SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Sri Lankan
Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama on February
11, expressing extreme disappointment at the statements made
on February 5 by Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative before
the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Dayan Jayatilleka.
Bogollagama responded that he was aware of the matter and had
already spoken with Jayatilleka about it.
BLAKE