DEMARCHE TO EU COMMISSION: ANTI-TERRORISM

UNCLAS BRUSSELS 000494 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO EU COMMISSION: ANTI-TERRORISM STATEMENTS AT CARTAGENA REF: STATE 18519 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY We delivered reftel demarche on February 2 to Damian Hernandez Lopez, Acting Head of the Andean Community Unit in the European Commission. Lopez said he would immediately send the points both to the EU Commission Delegation in Bogota and to the EU Commission Representatives at Cartagena. Hernandez stressed that the EU Commission shares our concerns about the Venezuelan government's apparent lack of commitment to suppress destabilizing influences in the region. SCHNABEL .