Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAKU518
2006-04-04 13:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
Cable title:
GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 000518
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/04/2016
TAGS: PREL KDEM EAID EUN ENRG SNAR PGOV AJ
SUBJECT: GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
REF: STATE 36540
Classified By: Ambassador Reno L. Harnish III per 1.4 (b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 000518
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/04/2016
TAGS: PREL KDEM EAID EUN ENRG SNAR PGOV AJ
SUBJECT: GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
REF: STATE 36540
Classified By: Ambassador Reno L. Harnish III per 1.4 (b,d).
1. (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref demarche to Foreign
Minister Mammadyarov on March 31. Mammadyarov affirmed
Azerbaijan's support for GUAM, telling the Ambassador that
the GOAJ wants to see GUAM become a much stronger
organization. On the GUAM Information Center, Mammadyarov
said that at the GUAM ministerial meeting, member states had
decided that each state should pay 25 percent of the Center's
operating costs, roughly USD 30,000. However, Ukraine first
needed to establish accounts for the GUAM secretariat. In
general, Mammadyarov was critical of the Secretariat's
effectiveness, noting that Azerbaijan had requested that the
current Deputy Secretary General be replaced. Nevertheless,
Mammadyarov assured the Ambassador that Deputy Foreign
Minister Araz Azimov (who oversees GUAM affairs for the GOAJ)
would make sure that Azerbaijan paid its dues.
2. (C) Mammadyarov also reported that GUAM was taking a
careful look at energy security. The member states are
expected to agree on their energy situation at the May 23-24
GUAM Presidential meeting. (President Aliyev separately has
told us on several occasions that Azerbaijan is interested in
pursuing a new gas pipeline connecting Georgia to Ukraine.)
HARNISH
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/04/2016
TAGS: PREL KDEM EAID EUN ENRG SNAR PGOV AJ
SUBJECT: GUAM SECRETARIAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
REF: STATE 36540
Classified By: Ambassador Reno L. Harnish III per 1.4 (b,d).
1. (SBU) Ambassador delivered ref demarche to Foreign
Minister Mammadyarov on March 31. Mammadyarov affirmed
Azerbaijan's support for GUAM, telling the Ambassador that
the GOAJ wants to see GUAM become a much stronger
organization. On the GUAM Information Center, Mammadyarov
said that at the GUAM ministerial meeting, member states had
decided that each state should pay 25 percent of the Center's
operating costs, roughly USD 30,000. However, Ukraine first
needed to establish accounts for the GUAM secretariat. In
general, Mammadyarov was critical of the Secretariat's
effectiveness, noting that Azerbaijan had requested that the
current Deputy Secretary General be replaced. Nevertheless,
Mammadyarov assured the Ambassador that Deputy Foreign
Minister Araz Azimov (who oversees GUAM affairs for the GOAJ)
would make sure that Azerbaijan paid its dues.
2. (C) Mammadyarov also reported that GUAM was taking a
careful look at energy security. The member states are
expected to agree on their energy situation at the May 23-24
GUAM Presidential meeting. (President Aliyev separately has
told us on several occasions that Azerbaijan is interested in
pursuing a new gas pipeline connecting Georgia to Ukraine.)
HARNISH