Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BUENOSAIRES578
2006-03-13 14:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000578
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
BEFORE BRAZIL
REF: BUENOS AIRES 3053
Classified By: AMB Lino Gutierrez, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000578
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
BEFORE BRAZIL
REF: BUENOS AIRES 3053
Classified By: AMB Lino Gutierrez, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On March 8, in a meeting with Visiting Desk Officer
Gomez, POLOFF, and POL Intern, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke openly about the GOA's
intentions to wait for Brazil before signing the Additional
Protocol (AP). (Note: This is the same thing we have been
hearing from GOA officals for over a year, see REFTEL. The
only GOA official who is singing a different tune is Deputy
Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan, who recently told
Ambassador that Argentina will eventually ratify the
Additional Protocol "with or without Brazil." End Note).
Bocalandro stressed the importance of the two countries
moving forward together in order to maintain regional
equilibrium, which he said was important given the history of
conflict between Argentina and Brazil. He emphasized that
now there is a great deal of political cooperation between
the two countries, and that Argentina prefers to wait until
Brazil resolves the internal politics regarding the AP.
2. (C) Bocalandro believed that some in Brazil resented the
United States' decision to cooperate on civilian nuclear
energy with India, but that he did not see this same reaction
in Argentina. He said that he did not think the private
energy sector objected, rather that it was simply a matter of
a country that prides itself on its sovereignty and needed
time to make the decision. He said, "It is nationalism, but
not in a bad way, in a rational sense". Bocalandro expressed
confidence that it was simply a matter of time, before Brazil
decided to ratify the AP.
GUTIERREZ
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2016
TAGS: PARM PREL KNNP AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
BEFORE BRAZIL
REF: BUENOS AIRES 3053
Classified By: AMB Lino Gutierrez, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On March 8, in a meeting with Visiting Desk Officer
Gomez, POLOFF, and POL Intern, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke openly about the GOA's
intentions to wait for Brazil before signing the Additional
Protocol (AP). (Note: This is the same thing we have been
hearing from GOA officals for over a year, see REFTEL. The
only GOA official who is singing a different tune is Deputy
Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan, who recently told
Ambassador that Argentina will eventually ratify the
Additional Protocol "with or without Brazil." End Note).
Bocalandro stressed the importance of the two countries
moving forward together in order to maintain regional
equilibrium, which he said was important given the history of
conflict between Argentina and Brazil. He emphasized that
now there is a great deal of political cooperation between
the two countries, and that Argentina prefers to wait until
Brazil resolves the internal politics regarding the AP.
2. (C) Bocalandro believed that some in Brazil resented the
United States' decision to cooperate on civilian nuclear
energy with India, but that he did not see this same reaction
in Argentina. He said that he did not think the private
energy sector objected, rather that it was simply a matter of
a country that prides itself on its sovereignty and needed
time to make the decision. He said, "It is nationalism, but
not in a bad way, in a rational sense". Bocalandro expressed
confidence that it was simply a matter of time, before Brazil
decided to ratify the AP.
GUTIERREZ