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Viewing cable 08QUITO48, AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08QUITO48 2008-01-15 18:40 2011-05-02 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Quito 
VZCZCXYZ0007
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DE RUEHQT #0048 0151840
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 151840Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY QUITO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8288
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA IMMEDIATE 7243
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA IMMEDIATE 2280
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JAN 0851
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA IMMEDIATE 3831
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS IMMEDIATE 2818
RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA IMMEDIATE 0879
RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL IMMEDIATE 3196
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
RHMFISS/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
 
UNCLAS QUITO 000048 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
L/PM (CDR TOM HEROLD), WHA/AND (SIGRID EMRICH), DOD/OSD 
(LTC DAN MCDONALD), DOD/OSD/WHA (WALTER EARLE) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL EC
SUBJECT: AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR 
EXERCISES IN ECUADOR 
 
REF: SECSTATE 3118 
 
1.  (SBU) On January 16, PolChief and MilGroup Commander 
delivered proposed text of diplomatic note and talking points 
from Reftel in a meeting with MFA Under Secretary of 
Sovereignty Affairs Jaime Barberis, MFA Legal Advisor Gonzalo 
Salvador, and MOD Chief of Ministerial Cabinet COL Galo Cruz. 
 The initial Ecuadorian response was positive.  The GOE is 
reviewing the text further, and promised to give us a quick 
response.  COL Cruz stated that he would like to see the 
process completed before the Defense Minister's trip to the 
United States on January 23. 
 
2.  (SBU) On January 17, Embassy Quito updated the text of 
the proposed diplomatic note per the January 17 e-mail from 
WHA/AND Janine Keil, to reinsert an inadvertently omitted 
sentence in Article XIII.  Text of Article XIII now reads as 
follows: "Vehicles, vessels, and aircraft operated by the 
United States armed forces shall not be subject to the 
payment of landing or port fees, pilotage, navigation or over 
flight charges, or tolls or other use charges, including 
light and harbor dues, while in Ecuador.  Aircraft operated 
by or for the United States armed forces shall observe local 
air traffic control regulations while in Ecuador.  Vessels 
owned or operated by the United States armed forces shall not 
be subject to compulsory pilotage at Ecuadorian ports." 
JEWELL