VZCZCXYZ0001
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHRO #0858 1911600
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 091600Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY ROME
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0577
UNCLAS ROME 000858
SIPDIS
JEAN T CLARK
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZI IT
SUBJECT: ITALY: GIDEON GONO SANCTIONS RESPONSE
REF: SECSTATE 72065
(U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche concerning EU sanctions
on Gideon Gono to MFA Counterterrorism Officer Jessica
Cuppelini at the MFA on July 8. Cuppelini passed the
information on to the concerned parties, but said the GOI had
no comment at this time on this particular individual. MFA
contacts have made clear, however, that the GOI supports the
draft Security Council Resolution on Zimbabwe.
SPOGLI