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Viewing cable 07QUITO55, CORREA INAUGURATION: PRESIDENTS OF IRAN AND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07QUITO55 2007-01-09 12:08 2011-05-02 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Quito 
VZCZCXYZ0013
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DE RUEHQT #0055 0091208
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 091208Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY QUITO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6028
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY 0232
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY 6304
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 3694
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY 0713
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 2260
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JAN 0309
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA PRIORITY 1268
RUEHRB/AMEMBASSY RABAT PRIORITY 0221
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO PRIORITY 3027
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL PRIORITY 1660
RHMFISS/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
 
UNCLAS QUITO 000055 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL EC
SUBJECT: CORREA INAUGURATION:  PRESIDENTS OF IRAN AND 
POLISARIO FRONT EXPECTED 
 
1.  (U) Summary:  Nine chiefs of state will reportedly attend 
the inauguration of Rafael Correa as Ecuador's president on 
January 14-15, including Iranian president Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad and Mohammed Abdelaziz, president of the Sahrawi 
Arab Democratic Republic, or Polisario Front of Western 
Sahara.  The Colombian Embassy tells us that no decision has 
yet been confirmed with respect to the attendance of 
President Uribe.  End Summary. 
 
2.    (SBU) Invitations were sent to all heads of state by 
outgoing president Alfredo Palacio, presumably including Iran 
and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. 
 
3.  (SBU) Press report the following heads of state have 
confirmed their attendance at the January 14-15 ceremonies. 
 
-- Venezuela:  Pres. Hugo Chavez 
-- Chile:  Pres. Michelle Bachelet 
-- Bolivia:  Pres. Evo Morales 
-- Paraguay:  Pres. Nicanor Duarte 
-- Brazil:  Pres. Luiz "Lula" da Silva 
-- Peru:  Pres. Alan Garcia 
-- Argentina:  Pres. Nestor Kirchner 
-- Iran:  Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 
-- Western Sahara:  Pres. Mohammed Abdelaziz 
 
4.  (SBU) Other confirmed attendees include OAS SecGen Jose 
Miguel Insulza, ministers from Italy, Korea, Netherlands, 
Belgium, Syria, China, and the Holy See.  Denmark, 
Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Turkey, Australia, Austria, 
Canada and Ukraine will be represented by ambassadors. 
 
5.  (SBU) Ecuador recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic 
Republic on November 14, 1983; withdrew recognition during 
the government of President Lucio Gutierrez on June 19, 2004; 
and renewed its recognition during the government of 
President Palacio on February 8, 2006. 
 
6.  (SBU) The Ahmadinejad visit would be the first by a 
president of Iran to Ecuador, and follows a visit in 2005 by 
Iran's VFM for Europe and the Americas, Said Jalili, in 
October 2005. 
JEWELL