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02ROME4900
2002-10-08 13:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
GOI ON TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 004900
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/08/2012
TAGS: PARM PREL TU IT EUN
SUBJECT: GOI ON TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
REF: STATE 188078
CLASSIFIED BY: POL MC TOM COUNTRYMAN. REASON:1.5 (B)(C).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 004900
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/08/2012
TAGS: PARM PREL TU ITALY'>IT EUN
SUBJECT: GOI ON TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
REF: STATE 188078
CLASSIFIED BY: POL MC TOM COUNTRYMAN. REASON:1.5 (B)(C).
1. (C) ON OCTOBER 4 THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN
AFFAIRS PAOLO PUCCI TOLD POL MINISTER COUNSELOR THAT WHILE
ITALY RECOGNIZED THE REFORMS PUT IN PLACE RECENTLY BY THE
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TURKISH LEGISLATURE, IT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE
PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. IN
RESPONSE TO USG VIEW (REFTEL),HE SAID THAT THE GOI IS
ENCOURAGED BY WHAT IT SEES AS PROGRESS ON GREEK-TURKISH
RELATIONS. HE SAID THAT THE GOI WOULD DO WHAT IT COULD TO
PROMOTE TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY, BUT THAT THE REALITY WAS THAT
THERE WERE OTHERS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WHO WERE LESS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TURKEY'S CANDIDACY.
2. (C) PUCCI'S VIEW IS THAT THE BEST TURKEY COULD HOPE FOR
PRIOR TO THE COPENHAGEN SUMMIT WOULD BE A STATEMENT
RECOGNIZING PROGRESS TO DATE AND URGING THE GOT TO IMPLEMENT
THE REFORMS LEGISLATED. THIS APPROACH WOULD BE MOST
EFFECTIVE, CONTINUED PUCCI, WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF A
DEADLINE TO MEET EU STANDARDS.
3. (C) POL-MC HAD EARLIER DELIVERED THE SAME POINTS ON TURKEY
TO PM (AND ACTING FM) BERLUSCONI'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISER,
CESARE RAGAGLINI, WHO REPLIED THAT THE GOI APPRECIATED THE US
ARGUMENTS MORE THAN MOST IN THE EU AND WANTED TO PROMOTE
TURKEY'S CANDIDACY. HE NOTED THAT GERMANY MAY BE A BIGGER
OBSTACLE THAN GREECE IN MOVING FORWARD.
SEMBLER
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2002ROME04900 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/08/2012
TAGS: PARM PREL TU ITALY'>IT EUN
SUBJECT: GOI ON TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY
REF: STATE 188078
CLASSIFIED BY: POL MC TOM COUNTRYMAN. REASON:1.5 (B)(C).
1. (C) ON OCTOBER 4 THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPEAN
AFFAIRS PAOLO PUCCI TOLD POL MINISTER COUNSELOR THAT WHILE
ITALY RECOGNIZED THE REFORMS PUT IN PLACE RECENTLY BY THE
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TURKISH LEGISLATURE, IT WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE MORE
PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. IN
RESPONSE TO USG VIEW (REFTEL),HE SAID THAT THE GOI IS
ENCOURAGED BY WHAT IT SEES AS PROGRESS ON GREEK-TURKISH
RELATIONS. HE SAID THAT THE GOI WOULD DO WHAT IT COULD TO
PROMOTE TURKEY'S EU CANDIDACY, BUT THAT THE REALITY WAS THAT
THERE WERE OTHERS IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY WHO WERE LESS
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TURKEY'S CANDIDACY.
2. (C) PUCCI'S VIEW IS THAT THE BEST TURKEY COULD HOPE FOR
PRIOR TO THE COPENHAGEN SUMMIT WOULD BE A STATEMENT
RECOGNIZING PROGRESS TO DATE AND URGING THE GOT TO IMPLEMENT
THE REFORMS LEGISLATED. THIS APPROACH WOULD BE MOST
EFFECTIVE, CONTINUED PUCCI, WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF A
DEADLINE TO MEET EU STANDARDS.
3. (C) POL-MC HAD EARLIER DELIVERED THE SAME POINTS ON TURKEY
TO PM (AND ACTING FM) BERLUSCONI'S DEPUTY DIPLOMATIC ADVISER,
CESARE RAGAGLINI, WHO REPLIED THAT THE GOI APPRECIATED THE US
ARGUMENTS MORE THAN MOST IN THE EU AND WANTED TO PROMOTE
TURKEY'S CANDIDACY. HE NOTED THAT GERMANY MAY BE A BIGGER
OBSTACLE THAN GREECE IN MOVING FORWARD.
SEMBLER
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2002ROME04900 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL