Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BUENOSAIRES447
2006-02-24 18:53:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Buenos Aires
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000447
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2016
TAGS: PTER KWBG AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA ON CONTACTS WITH HAMAS
REF: STATE 28802
Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000447
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2016
TAGS: PTER KWBG AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA ON CONTACTS WITH HAMAS
REF: STATE 28802
Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points February 23 to Viviana
Jones, Deputy Director in the MFA's Office of North American
and Middle East Affairs. Jones said that the GOA had
received no requests for a meeting with Hamas
representatives, and that in any case, the GOA does not meet
with "political parties," only governmental representatives.
Jones also said Brazilian officials told her recently that
they also have not been approached for a Hamas meeting.
2. (C) Jones said that GOA policy remained unchanged with
regards to Palestinian statehood: Argentina supports the
peaceful creation of a "viable" Palestinian state living side
by side with Israel. With regards to the Quartet conditions
for dealing with Hamas (i.e. a halt to violence, recognition
of Israel, and acceptance of prior Palestinian Authority
commitments),Jones speculated whether it was completely
necessary for Hamas to assume those commitments prior to
engagement with the international community. (Jones was a
GOA election observer during last month's PA elections.)
Comparing the situation to Northern Ireland, she said that
had the IRA been forced to completely renounce its aims
before entering into peace talks with the UK "there would
have never been a peace process."
3. (C) Jones continued that it would be bad for Hamas to be
"isolated" and that this could force them into alliances
with, for example, Iran. POLOFF said that Hamas itself had
to choose between isolation or a true change of its violent
policies. Absent compliance with the Quartet's minimum
requirements, added POLOFF, it would be virtually impossible
for the international community to engage on any level with a
Hamas-controlled Palestinian government.
4. (C) Jones concluded by saying that much depended on the
composition of the new Palestinian Authority. She did not
commit to no GOA contact with a Hamas-led PA, but in the
event of contact she agreed to support the Quartet position,
as well as to our request that a potential meeting would be
handled at a relatively low level.
GUTIERREZ
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/23/2016
TAGS: PTER KWBG AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA ON CONTACTS WITH HAMAS
REF: STATE 28802
Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points February 23 to Viviana
Jones, Deputy Director in the MFA's Office of North American
and Middle East Affairs. Jones said that the GOA had
received no requests for a meeting with Hamas
representatives, and that in any case, the GOA does not meet
with "political parties," only governmental representatives.
Jones also said Brazilian officials told her recently that
they also have not been approached for a Hamas meeting.
2. (C) Jones said that GOA policy remained unchanged with
regards to Palestinian statehood: Argentina supports the
peaceful creation of a "viable" Palestinian state living side
by side with Israel. With regards to the Quartet conditions
for dealing with Hamas (i.e. a halt to violence, recognition
of Israel, and acceptance of prior Palestinian Authority
commitments),Jones speculated whether it was completely
necessary for Hamas to assume those commitments prior to
engagement with the international community. (Jones was a
GOA election observer during last month's PA elections.)
Comparing the situation to Northern Ireland, she said that
had the IRA been forced to completely renounce its aims
before entering into peace talks with the UK "there would
have never been a peace process."
3. (C) Jones continued that it would be bad for Hamas to be
"isolated" and that this could force them into alliances
with, for example, Iran. POLOFF said that Hamas itself had
to choose between isolation or a true change of its violent
policies. Absent compliance with the Quartet's minimum
requirements, added POLOFF, it would be virtually impossible
for the international community to engage on any level with a
Hamas-controlled Palestinian government.
4. (C) Jones concluded by saying that much depended on the
composition of the new Palestinian Authority. She did not
commit to no GOA contact with a Hamas-led PA, but in the
event of contact she agreed to support the Quartet position,
as well as to our request that a potential meeting would be
handled at a relatively low level.
GUTIERREZ