Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PARIS1222
2006-02-27 16:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001222
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2016
TAGS: OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION
MONITORING; WILL LIKELY DEMARCHE BELGIUM
REF: STATE 30975
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS
ONS 1.4 B/D
(C) On February 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche
defending ODIHR election monitoring to Eric Tosatti, OSCE
desk officer at the MFA. Tosatti said the MFA shared the
USG's concern regarding the OSCE Chairman's proposal to send
a three-person team to Belarus to observe the election
monitoring mission. Calling the proposal a "bad signal,"
Tosatti said it was especially unwelcome given Russia's
recent blocking of the renewal of ODIHR Director Strohal's
mandate. He said France would likely demarche Belgium along
the same lines as the USG demarche, although he cautioned
that a high-level decision to do so had not yet been made.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
Stapleton
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/26/2016
TAGS: OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION
MONITORING; WILL LIKELY DEMARCHE BELGIUM
REF: STATE 30975
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS
ONS 1.4 B/D
(C) On February 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche
defending ODIHR election monitoring to Eric Tosatti, OSCE
desk officer at the MFA. Tosatti said the MFA shared the
USG's concern regarding the OSCE Chairman's proposal to send
a three-person team to Belarus to observe the election
monitoring mission. Calling the proposal a "bad signal,"
Tosatti said it was especially unwelcome given Russia's
recent blocking of the renewal of ODIHR Director Strohal's
mandate. He said France would likely demarche Belgium along
the same lines as the USG demarche, although he cautioned
that a high-level decision to do so had not yet been made.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
Stapleton