VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB
DE RUEHMD #1251 3311544
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 261544Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY MADRID
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 5668
UNCLAS MADRID 001251
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EEB/MIKAEL LURIE AND JANET SPECK, USAID FOR BILL
HAMMINK, USDA FOR KIRK MILLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV SP
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD (GPAF)
REF: STATE 123480
1. (U) FAS Counselor delivered reftel points on November 26
to Santiago Menendez, Under Secretary of the Ministry of
Environment, Rural Development and Marine Affairs (which
includes Agriculture).
2, (U) ESTHOff also delivered reftel points on November 25
to Enrique Yturriaga Saldanha, Subdirector General for
International Organizations in the GOS Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
3. (U) Both Under Secretary Menendez and Subdirector General
Yturriaga took note of reftel points, but neither provided a
substantive reponse. Post will forward any subsequent
reactions in septel.
AGUIRRE