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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR RESPONSE: SECRETARY'S WOMEN LEADERS'
BREAKFAST
REF: A. STATE 86740
B. STATE 86086
C. STATE 85522
D. STATE 63034
1. (SBU) PolOff delivered the Secretary's invitation (Ref B)
to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on
September 5. Puma said that Foreign Minister Maria Isabel
Salvador is planning to travel to UNGA on September 21 and to
return to Quito on September 24, due to events leading up to
Ecuador's constitutional referendum on September 28. PolOff
reconfirmed the Minister's non-attendance on September 16.
Hodges