Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MADRID2672
2006-10-20 14:27:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002672
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE, ISN, EAP, AND IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/20/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KNAR SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON UNSCR 1718
REF: A. SECSTATE 172816
B. MADRID 2556
Classified By: ESTHOFF Ken Forder per 1.4 (B/D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002672
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE, ISN, EAP, AND IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/20/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KNAR SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON UNSCR 1718
REF: A. SECSTATE 172816
B. MADRID 2556
Classified By: ESTHOFF Ken Forder per 1.4 (B/D)
1. (C) ESTHOFF met with MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy
Director General Ignacio Sanchez September 20 to discuss GOS
intentions vis-a-vis the DPRK sanctions regime imposed via
UNSCR 1718. Sanchez said that Spain would, of course,
implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1718. He said this
was in some aspects quite easy, as Spain has virtually no
contact with North Korea. There is no direct bilateral trade
and there is no North Korean Ambassador resident in Madrid or
Spanish Ambassador resident in Pyongyang. Should North
Korean activity arrive in Spain, it should be easy to detect,
as the DPRK has no legitimate presence to hide behind.
Sanchez said that the EU was preparing a consensus position
on UNSCR 1718 implementation and that Spain would join that
consensus.
2. (C) Sanchez said that Spain's only concerns were
legal-related. Given Spain's Roman law traditions, UNSCR
1718, like other UNSCRs, pose certain legal challenges for
Spain. In general, certain categories of activity in Spain
can only be forbidden via law. Thus, it is conceivable that
potential DPRK activities in Spain could fall under the UNSCR
1718 sanctions regime but not be specifically sanctionable
under current Spanish law. But Sanchez underscored that
Spain had experienced similar legal difficulties in
implementing aspects of the UN's anti-terrorism agenda but
had always found a way to work around such legal
complications. He said he was confident that Spain would
find the way to halt DPRK activities forbidden under UNSCR
1718 should North Korea discover where Spain is.
AGUIRRE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE, ISN, EAP, AND IO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/20/2016
TAGS: PREL PARM KNNP KNAR SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN ON UNSCR 1718
REF: A. SECSTATE 172816
B. MADRID 2556
Classified By: ESTHOFF Ken Forder per 1.4 (B/D)
1. (C) ESTHOFF met with MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy
Director General Ignacio Sanchez September 20 to discuss GOS
intentions vis-a-vis the DPRK sanctions regime imposed via
UNSCR 1718. Sanchez said that Spain would, of course,
implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1718. He said this
was in some aspects quite easy, as Spain has virtually no
contact with North Korea. There is no direct bilateral trade
and there is no North Korean Ambassador resident in Madrid or
Spanish Ambassador resident in Pyongyang. Should North
Korean activity arrive in Spain, it should be easy to detect,
as the DPRK has no legitimate presence to hide behind.
Sanchez said that the EU was preparing a consensus position
on UNSCR 1718 implementation and that Spain would join that
consensus.
2. (C) Sanchez said that Spain's only concerns were
legal-related. Given Spain's Roman law traditions, UNSCR
1718, like other UNSCRs, pose certain legal challenges for
Spain. In general, certain categories of activity in Spain
can only be forbidden via law. Thus, it is conceivable that
potential DPRK activities in Spain could fall under the UNSCR
1718 sanctions regime but not be specifically sanctionable
under current Spanish law. But Sanchez underscored that
Spain had experienced similar legal difficulties in
implementing aspects of the UN's anti-terrorism agenda but
had always found a way to work around such legal
complications. He said he was confident that Spain would
find the way to halt DPRK activities forbidden under UNSCR
1718 should North Korea discover where Spain is.
AGUIRRE