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06MADRID2872 | 2006-11-13 14:24:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Madrid |
VZCZCXRO6336 PP RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHMD #2872 3171424 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 131424Z NOV 06 FM AMEMBASSY MADRID TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1290 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHLA/AMCONSUL BARCELONA PRIORITY 2225 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0260 |
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002872
SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/13/2016 TAGS: PREL ELTN RS MD UP SP SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK REF: STATE 181103 Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Iago Gil Aguado, Spanish Desk Officer for Russia and Eastern Europe, on November 8. Gil Aguado was unaware of the matter but agreed that rerouting the train to Tiraspol posed several difficult questions. Gil Aguado agreed that Moldova is unable to control its own rail lines or guarantee their safety if new service begins to Tiraspol. He noted that Spain does not carry enough influence in Eastern Europe to intervene directly in matters such as these, but he added that Spain's OSCE presidency in 2007 would give it an opportunity to weigh in on matters in Moldova, Belarus and Ukraine. He offered that the Spanish are concerned by Russia's recent moves in exerting control over the gas markets in Belarus, Moldova and Georgia. -------------------------- Visit Embassy Madrid's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/madrid/ -------------------------- AGUIRRE |