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05BUCHAREST1592
2005-07-18 13:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bucharest
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UNSC REFORM: ROMANIA STILL UNDECIDED, UNDER

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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 001592 

SIPDIS

STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - JANE MESSENGER

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2015
TAGS: PREL RO UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC REFORM: ROMANIA STILL UNDECIDED, UNDER
PRESSURE FROM "ALL SIDES"

REF: A. STATE 128670


B. STATE 132429

Classified By: POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ROBERT S. GILCHRIST FOR REASONS
1.4 (B) AND (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 001592

SIPDIS

STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - JANE MESSENGER

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/18/2015
TAGS: PREL RO UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC REFORM: ROMANIA STILL UNDECIDED, UNDER
PRESSURE FROM "ALL SIDES"

REF: A. STATE 128670


B. STATE 132429

Classified By: POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ROBERT S. GILCHRIST FOR REASONS
1.4 (B) AND (D)


1. (SBU) Charge presented ref A points July 8 to Minister of
Foreign Affairs Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, underscoring the
importance of UNSC reform to the U.S. as well as our concern
with the flawed proposal expected to be tabled soon by the
G-4. Ungureanu pledged that the MFA would provide the
Embassy with its response after it had a chance to review the
points. Charge and PolChief again raised the issue July 14
with MFA Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian.
The latter said that Romania is "still deliberating" over the
issue.


2. (SBU) On July 18, PolChief again discussed UNSC reform
with Stoian, presenting ref B points urging Romania to oppose
the G-4 resolution and to press for a delay in any vote on
UNSC reform or expansion. Stoian said that Romania is still
considering its position, which will ultimately be decided by
President Traian Basescu.


3. (C) Stoian added that weighing particularly heavy on
Romania's ultimate decision will be Romania's relations with
key-EU member states. In April, Romania signed an accession
treaty with the EU that provides for membership in 2007, with
the possibility of a delay by one year if Romania fails to
meet criteria. Over the next year and a half, EU member
country parliaments will be ratifying the treaty. Stoian
said Romania will be "treading carefully" to avoid a
potentially lethal rejection by "even one parliament."
Stoian confided that Romania had received numerous demarches
and approaches from "a wide range of governments," including
a joint demarche by the G-4 on July 14. At that meeting, the
German Ambassador told MFA State Secretary Baconschi -- the
de facto number two at the Ministry -- that Germany would
view Romania's position on UNSC reform as a "key indicator of
the level of bilateral relations."


4. (U) Amembassy Bucharest's reporting telegrams are
available on the Bucharest SIPRNET Website:
www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/bucharest
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