SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST

id: 117187
date: 7/30/2007 22:55
refid: 07SANSALVADOR1458
origin: Embassy San Salvador
classification: CONFIDENTIAL
destination: 07STATE89994|07STATE89997
header:
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DE RUEHSN #1458 2112255
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 302255Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY SAN SALVADOR
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7157

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SAN SALVADOR 001458
 
SIPDIS
 
SIPDIS
 
DEPT FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR CLINT WILLIAMSON AND WHA/PPC
JAMES BENSON
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2017
TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, PINR, PTER, ES
SUBJECT: SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST
 
REF: A. STATE 89997
     B. STATE 89994
 
Classified By: Ambassador Charles L. Glazer, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
 
(C) Ambassador raised reftel request for El Salvador to
assist in resettlement of Chinese Uighur detainees currently
held at Guantanamo during a July 12 meeting met with Acting
Foreign Minister Eduardo Calix.  DCM raised the issue in a
separate encounter later that day with MFA Director of
Foreign Policy Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, the MFA,s
third-ranking official.  DCM then met with both Calix and
Melendez on July 17 for a more detailed discussion.  During
that meeting, Calix said that he would circulate the US
request to other Salvadoran authorities, but added that he
doubted that El Salvador would be able to resettle any of the
Uighur currently in Guantanamo.
Glazer

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