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06DUSHANBE1462
2006-08-01 10:43:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dushanbe
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U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION STILL POSSIBLE IN TAJIKISTAN
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/RUS, INL, S/P
E.O. 12958: DECL: 8/1/2016
TAGS: PREL ENRG SNAR RS TI
SUBJECT: U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION STILL POSSIBLE IN TAJIKISTAN
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, Embassy
Dushanbe, State Department.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EUR/RUS, INL, S/P
E.O. 12958: DECL: 8/1/2016
TAGS: PREL ENRG SNAR RS TI
SUBJECT: U.S.-RUSSIA COOPERATION STILL POSSIBLE IN TAJIKISTAN
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, Embassy
Dushanbe, State Department.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
¶1. (C) The departing U.S. Ambassador hosted a final farewell
reception at the U.S. Residence July 31. Russian Charge
d'affairs Vyacheslav Svetlichniy, a career diplomat, attended.
He pulled the Ambassador aside and said he sincerely wished our
two governments could attain the same degree of mutual respect
that pertains between our embassies in Tajikistan. He praised
the U.S. Embassy for developing, over time, non-ideological
relations of mutual respect with a broad range of Tajik society
- government, students, intelligentsia, and others. Svetlichniy
said, "We haven't learned how to do that. We make demands and
expect obedience. I will long remember your lessons."
¶2. (C) In fact, it is important to know that the entire U.S.
Embassy team has worked hard to sustain a positive relationship
with the Russian Embassy, especially at the DCM and working
levels. Current Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov is, on
the surface, a slightly charming high-level Kremlin political
appointee sent to Dushanbe to "save" Tajikistan for Russia. In
the end, unfortunately, he is a rigid ideologue of the old
school, who seems to burn as many bridges as he tries to build.
DCM Svetlichniy, on the other hand, is a seasoned diplomat who
seems genuinely interested in a positive working relationship
with the United States. Also important, unlike many Russians,
he views the Tajiks as competent, educated partners, not poor,
other-race country cousins.
¶3. (C) The best possibility for U.S.-Russia cooperation in
Tajikistan is counter-narcotics. We sincerely hope Team Embassy
Dushanbe will be able to work productively with the new Russian
Embassy counter-narcotics officer, expected to arrive before the
end of this calendar year. Svetlichniy said, "We hope he will
be a real professional, not an FSB has-been." There is also
room for cooperation in hydro-energy for the greater region -
if, indeed, Moscow truly wants to cooperate and not compete.
HOAGLAND