DEMARCHE ON EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: TURKEY

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 006955 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/15/2014 TAGS: PREL PHUM TU CU SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: TURKEY REF: A. STATE 262206 ¶B. HAVANA 16097 (U) Classified by Political Counselor John Kunstadter, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Americas Department Head Onder. We emphasized ref B points that released dissidents attribute their release to international pressure, not the Spanish, and that dissidents oppose Spanish proposals to not invite them to national day receptions. ¶2. (C) Onder declined to predict the GOT response; he said the government is currently focused on the results of the December 17 EU Summit and will only formulate a response thereafter. EDELMAN