Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05MADRID3301
2005-09-20 09:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN SUPPORTS EU LISTING OF LTTE AS TERRORIST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 003301
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2015
TAGS: PTER PREL SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS EU LISTING OF LTTE AS TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION
REF: STATE 172115
Classified By: Political Officer Kathy Fitzpatrick; reasons 1.4 (B) and
(D)
(C) Poloff conveyed reftel points on 9/19 to Miguel Garcia
Herraiz in the MFA Directorate General for Terrorism, Arms
Control, and Disarmament and urged Spanish support for the
listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a
terrorist organization. Herraiz said he had been carefully
following the issue within the EU and that the consensus was
clearly shifting towards the view that the Sri Lankan peace
process would be best served by listing the LTTE as a
terrorist group, a position Spain supports. He cautioned,
however, that the debate remains open, as some EU members
continue to believe that an EU listing of the LTTE would
simply push the group towards greater radicalization.
Herraiz said the assasination of Foreign Minister Lakshman
Kadirgamar had undermined this view, demonstrating that the
Tigers were edging towards greater violence on their own
account and had to be restrained. He said that an EU listing
of the LTTE could be virtually assured if the LTTE's
responsibility for the killing could be definitively
established.
AGUIRRE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2015
TAGS: PTER PREL SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS EU LISTING OF LTTE AS TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION
REF: STATE 172115
Classified By: Political Officer Kathy Fitzpatrick; reasons 1.4 (B) and
(D)
(C) Poloff conveyed reftel points on 9/19 to Miguel Garcia
Herraiz in the MFA Directorate General for Terrorism, Arms
Control, and Disarmament and urged Spanish support for the
listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a
terrorist organization. Herraiz said he had been carefully
following the issue within the EU and that the consensus was
clearly shifting towards the view that the Sri Lankan peace
process would be best served by listing the LTTE as a
terrorist group, a position Spain supports. He cautioned,
however, that the debate remains open, as some EU members
continue to believe that an EU listing of the LTTE would
simply push the group towards greater radicalization.
Herraiz said the assasination of Foreign Minister Lakshman
Kadirgamar had undermined this view, demonstrating that the
Tigers were edging towards greater violence on their own
account and had to be restrained. He said that an EU listing
of the LTTE could be virtually assured if the LTTE's
responsibility for the killing could be definitively
established.
AGUIRRE