CHR-61: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO VOTE WITH US ON

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 002080 SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/SHA-LUCAS, DRL-BUTLER, DRL/MLA-SICADE, WHA/CAR-NICHOLS,MCISAAC GENEVA FOR CHR DEL - KOZAK, LAGON, MCKEE, DANIES E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/13/2010 TAGS: PHUM PREL BO DR SUBJECT: CHR-61: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO VOTE WITH US ON BELARUS REF: A. STATE 064376 ¶B. NICHOLS-KUBISKE TELCON 4/13/05 ¶C. SANTO DOMINGO 2049 ¶D. SANTO DOMINGO 2058 Classified By: DCM Lisa Kubiske for Reason 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Embassy delivered demarche (paras 5-6 Ref A) to MFA UN/OAS Division Chief Michelle Cohen on April 13, having received telephonic instructions (Ref B) that Santo Domingo had been inadvertently omitted from Ref A addressees. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano informed us the same day that the Dominican Republic would vote with the United States on the CHR-61 resolution on Belarus and on any related no-action motion. Embassy had delivered a separate demarche on the no-action motion on Belarus April 12 (reported Ref C). ¶2. (C) Embassy coordinated with Embassy of The Netherlands DCM Joep van de Laar, who represents the Luxembourg EU Presidency here. His embassy had instructions for the joint demarche (as we reported Ref D),but no one appropriate was available to deliver the demarche on short notice. He undertook to do so on behalf of the EU as soon as possible, but recommended we go ahead today and inform the MFA that the EU and United States have the same position. We did so. HERTELL