Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05THEHAGUE3306
2005-12-12 14:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003306
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL RU NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER
RUSSIAN NGO LAW
REF: SECSTATE 222292
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003306
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL RU NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER
RUSSIAN NGO LAW
REF: SECSTATE 222292
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) The Dutch share U.S. concern about the draft NGO law
before the Russian Duma and have taken steps similar to those
put forward reftel. On December 9, Joris Geeven (Senior
Policy Officer, Human Rights Division, MFA) told poloff in
response to reftel demarche that the Dutch formally expressed
their concerns last week to the leader of the Russian
delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Konstantin Kosachev. The Dutch also presented a
non-paper to Kosachev articulating Dutch NGO law similar the
non-paper provided reftel. At poloff's request, Geeven
provided a copy of the non-paper on December 12; post has
forwarded the paper to EUR/UBI.
BLAKEMAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL RU NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER
RUSSIAN NGO LAW
REF: SECSTATE 222292
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) The Dutch share U.S. concern about the draft NGO law
before the Russian Duma and have taken steps similar to those
put forward reftel. On December 9, Joris Geeven (Senior
Policy Officer, Human Rights Division, MFA) told poloff in
response to reftel demarche that the Dutch formally expressed
their concerns last week to the leader of the Russian
delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe, Konstantin Kosachev. The Dutch also presented a
non-paper to Kosachev articulating Dutch NGO law similar the
non-paper provided reftel. At poloff's request, Geeven
provided a copy of the non-paper on December 12; post has
forwarded the paper to EUR/UBI.
BLAKEMAN