Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05PARIS8683
2005-12-29 14:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:  

GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT

Tags:  PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 008683

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/28/2015
TAGS: PREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF
SUBJECT: GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT
DEMARCHE

REF: A. PARIS 8426

B. SECSTATE 219150

Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS
ONS 1.4 B/D

(C) In a diplomatic note to the DCM dated December 22 and
signed by Pierre Vimont, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's
chief of staff, the French Foreign Ministry responded
negatively to ref B demarche requesting that the GOF accept a
number of Uighers currently held at Guantanamo. Informal
translation follows:

Mr. Minister:

By your December 13 letter, you shared with me the request
from your authorities to resettle Uigher detainees from
Guantanamo in France. After an examination of the
information which you transmitted to me, I can confirm that,
unfortunately, it will not be possible to respond favorably
to your demand.

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