Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BEIJING16876
2006-08-16 11:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 016876
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USUN FOR PHEE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2016
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH
SUBJECT: PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL
REF: A. SECSTATE 134133
B. BEIJING 16822
CLASSIFIED BY: DCM DAVID SEDNEY. REASONS 1.4 (B/D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 016876
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USUN FOR PHEE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2016
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH
SUBJECT: PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL
REF: A. SECSTATE 134133
B. BEIJING 16822
CLASSIFIED BY: DCM DAVID SEDNEY. REASONS 1.4 (B/D).
1. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6.
2. (C) SUMMARY. BEIJING IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING REQUESTS
FOR CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EXPANDED UNIFIL UNDER UNSCR
1701, SAID MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR GENERAL WU HAI LONG AT A MEETING WITH THE DCM ON
AUGUST 16. PASSING THE POINTS IN REFTEL, THE DCM STRESSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF A CAPABLE, ENHANCED UNIFIL TO MAINTAINING
STABILITY IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
END SUMMARY.
3. (C) DELIVERING REFTEL POINTS, THE DCM SAID CHINA HAS GOOD
RELATIONS WITH THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND UNIFIL
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CHINA WOULD BE VIEWED POSITIVELY. HE
EMPHASIZED THAT SIGNIFICANT UNIFIL TROOPS ON THE GROUND ARE
NECESSARY TO MAKE UNSCR 1701 AN EFFECTIVE REALITY.
4. (C) WU NOTED THAT TO DATE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ONLY
PLEDGED 2,000 OF THE REQUIRED 15,000 TROOPS FOR THE NEW
UNIFIL. HE ASKED IF THE UNITED STATES HAD LATER FIGURES THAN
THAT " AND IF WE KNEW WHICH COUNTRIES HAD ALREADY CONTRIBUTED
TROOPS AND WHICH COUNTRIES MIGHT BE CONSIDERING MAKING TROOP
CONTRIBUTIONS. WU SAID CHINA WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING
CONTRIBUTING TROOPS TO THE NEW UNIFIL, BUT THAT THERE WERE
DIFFERENT VIEWS IN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REGARDING THE
ISSUE. WU STATED THAT AFTER THE DEATH OF THE CHINESE
PEACEKEEPER "CHINESE MILITARY AGENCIES ARE VERY RELUCTANT TO
SEND MORE TROOPS. ACCORDING TO WU, CHINA HAS TO ALSO
CONSIDER THE MANDATE OF THE ENHANCED UNIFIL. EXPRESSING
RENEWED CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF THE CHINESE UNTSO
OBSERVER AND THE INJURY OF SEVERAL OTHERS, THE DCM SAID IT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT CHINA WANTS TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER
INCREASING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL.
5. (C) NOTING THAT CHINA CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY 200 TROOPS
TO THE EXISTING UNIFIL FORCE, WU SAID THOSE TROOPS WERE FAR
FROM "ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN PEACE." HOWEVER, HE REITERATED THAT
BEIJING WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE ISSUE OF INCREASING ITS
UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION.
6. (U) ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY AVAILABLE
INFORMATION TO RESPOND TO DIRECTOR GENERAL WU'S REQUEST
REGARDING OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP COMMITMENTS. END OF ACTION
REQUEST.
RANDT
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
USUN FOR PHEE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/15/2016
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS LE UNSC CH
SUBJECT: PRC/LEBANON: CHINA CONSIDERING SENDING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL
REF: A. SECSTATE 134133
B. BEIJING 16822
CLASSIFIED BY: DCM DAVID SEDNEY. REASONS 1.4 (B/D).
1. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 6.
2. (C) SUMMARY. BEIJING IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING REQUESTS
FOR CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AN EXPANDED UNIFIL UNDER UNSCR
1701, SAID MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR GENERAL WU HAI LONG AT A MEETING WITH THE DCM ON
AUGUST 16. PASSING THE POINTS IN REFTEL, THE DCM STRESSED
THE IMPORTANCE OF A CAPABLE, ENHANCED UNIFIL TO MAINTAINING
STABILITY IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE.
END SUMMARY.
3. (C) DELIVERING REFTEL POINTS, THE DCM SAID CHINA HAS GOOD
RELATIONS WITH THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND UNIFIL
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CHINA WOULD BE VIEWED POSITIVELY. HE
EMPHASIZED THAT SIGNIFICANT UNIFIL TROOPS ON THE GROUND ARE
NECESSARY TO MAKE UNSCR 1701 AN EFFECTIVE REALITY.
4. (C) WU NOTED THAT TO DATE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ONLY
PLEDGED 2,000 OF THE REQUIRED 15,000 TROOPS FOR THE NEW
UNIFIL. HE ASKED IF THE UNITED STATES HAD LATER FIGURES THAN
THAT " AND IF WE KNEW WHICH COUNTRIES HAD ALREADY CONTRIBUTED
TROOPS AND WHICH COUNTRIES MIGHT BE CONSIDERING MAKING TROOP
CONTRIBUTIONS. WU SAID CHINA WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING
CONTRIBUTING TROOPS TO THE NEW UNIFIL, BUT THAT THERE WERE
DIFFERENT VIEWS IN THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT REGARDING THE
ISSUE. WU STATED THAT AFTER THE DEATH OF THE CHINESE
PEACEKEEPER "CHINESE MILITARY AGENCIES ARE VERY RELUCTANT TO
SEND MORE TROOPS. ACCORDING TO WU, CHINA HAS TO ALSO
CONSIDER THE MANDATE OF THE ENHANCED UNIFIL. EXPRESSING
RENEWED CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF THE CHINESE UNTSO
OBSERVER AND THE INJURY OF SEVERAL OTHERS, THE DCM SAID IT IS
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT CHINA WANTS TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER
INCREASING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL.
5. (C) NOTING THAT CHINA CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY 200 TROOPS
TO THE EXISTING UNIFIL FORCE, WU SAID THOSE TROOPS WERE FAR
FROM "ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN PEACE." HOWEVER, HE REITERATED THAT
BEIJING WAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE ISSUE OF INCREASING ITS
UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION.
6. (U) ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY AVAILABLE
INFORMATION TO RESPOND TO DIRECTOR GENERAL WU'S REQUEST
REGARDING OTHER COUNTRIES' TROOP COMMITMENTS. END OF ACTION
REQUEST.
RANDT