VZCZCXRO6142
OO RUEHHM
DE RUEHHI #1358 3500928
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 150928Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8857
INFO RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH PRIORITY 5385
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0251
UNCLAS HANOI 001358
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IPA (KNOPF), IO/UNP (MORRISON), EAP/MLS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MNUC PARM PREL UNGA VM
SUBJECT: VIETNAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR
REF: STATE 130963
(SBU) On December 15, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Vice
Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, urging Vietnam to support a UNSCR
expressing support for the Annapolis peace process. VFM Minh
assured the Ambassador of Vietnam's support for the peace process
and said that its mission in New York would likely back the
resolution. While careful not to commit his government to support
the resolution without changes, VFM Minh acknowledged the
Ambassador's point that any amendments to the current language would
likely prevent the resolution from being passed and promised to
relay this to Vietnam's mission in New York.
MICHALAK