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RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHNP RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSK RUEHSL RUEHSR RUEHVK
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DE RUEHBW #0124 0251219
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 251218Z JAN 10
FM AMEMBASSY BELGRADE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0665
INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS BELGRADE 000124
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (P. PETERSON), HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE, WHA/CAR (V. DE PIRRO), IO/UNP (B. NARANJO, M. GARUCKIS)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PREF EAID ECON HA SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA RESPONSE: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
REF: A) 10 STATE 6918; B) 10 BELGRADE 94
1. (SBU) Post conveyed Ref A points to Foreign Affairs Ministry
North America Desk Officer Srdjan Miljkovic on January 25.
Miljkovic replied that he would pass the information to his
colleagues at the MFA Department of Multilateral Economic
Cooperation, who were responsible for Serbian assistance to Haiti.
2. (SBU) The Serbian government formally decided on January 21 to
donate $100,000 to Haiti relief efforts via the Serbian Red Cross
(rather than through the UN as originally reported Ref B). On
January 22, the City of Belgrade announced it would donate five
million dinars ($73,000), also through the Serbian Red Cross.
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