Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BUCHAREST280
2006-02-17 09:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bucharest
Cable title:
ROMANIA TO VOTE FOR GUATEMALA VICE VENEZUELA IN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000280
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - SILKWORTH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2016
TAGS: PREL UNSC RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA TO VOTE FOR GUATEMALA VICE VENEZUELA IN
THE 2006 ELECTION FOR NON-PERMANENT SEAT ON THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 20173
Classified By: Ambassador Nicholas Taubman for Reasons 1.4 B and D
(C) DCM delivered reftel demarche during a meeting with
Deputy Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on February 15.
Baconschi nodded general agreement with the difficulties of
having an obstructionist Venezuela on the Security Council
and said "Okay, I got your message." Later in the
conversation, Baconschi returned to the subject to offer a
positive reply before giving a negative answer on another
topic. In the first part of that reply, he said Romania would
have "no difficulty supporting Guatemala" in the upcoming
vote.
TAUBMAN