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06PARIS535
2006-01-26 17:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000535
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/25/2015
TAGS: PREL PINR FR KPAL
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK
EU COMMON POSITION ON HAMAS
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS
ONS 1.4 B/D
C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 000535
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/25/2015
TAGS: PREL PINR FR KPAL
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK
EU COMMON POSITION ON HAMAS
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS
ONS 1.4 B/D
1. (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian
elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that
"we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern."
He added that in order to work with the Palestinian
government, certain conditions had to be met, including
renunciation of violence, recognizing the state of Israel and
recognizing international accords, including the Oslo
accords. These were the basic conditions, said Villepin, for
France and its European partners to help advance the peace
process.
2. (U) The same day, MFA spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei
reminded reporters that Hamas remains a designated terrorist
organization as listed by the European Union. Still, he
applauded the conditions in which the elections took place,
saying that the calm on the streets and the high rate of
participation were proof of the democratic maturity of the
Palestinian people. The elections represent a "consolidation
of the institutions of the Palestinian Authority," said
Mattei.
3. (C) Etienne Chapon, the MFA,s desk officer for Israel and
the Palestinian territories, told Poloff on January 26 that
the statements by PM Villepin and MFA spokesman Mattei would
likely be the only initial GOF reactions. France was pushing
strongly for a common EU position regarding the elections,
said Chapon. He said that the UK agreed on the need for a
common EU position. Chapon added that France would push for
an EU statement before the Monday Quartet talks in London.
One key issue in the statement would be answering how the EU
planned to deal with a possible Hamas-led government given
that the EU has designated Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Chapon said the MFA was in internal consultations on this
point.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
Stapleton
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/25/2015
TAGS: PREL PINR FR KPAL
SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK
EU COMMON POSITION ON HAMAS
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS
ONS 1.4 B/D
1. (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian
elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that
"we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern."
He added that in order to work with the Palestinian
government, certain conditions had to be met, including
renunciation of violence, recognizing the state of Israel and
recognizing international accords, including the Oslo
accords. These were the basic conditions, said Villepin, for
France and its European partners to help advance the peace
process.
2. (U) The same day, MFA spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei
reminded reporters that Hamas remains a designated terrorist
organization as listed by the European Union. Still, he
applauded the conditions in which the elections took place,
saying that the calm on the streets and the high rate of
participation were proof of the democratic maturity of the
Palestinian people. The elections represent a "consolidation
of the institutions of the Palestinian Authority," said
Mattei.
3. (C) Etienne Chapon, the MFA,s desk officer for Israel and
the Palestinian territories, told Poloff on January 26 that
the statements by PM Villepin and MFA spokesman Mattei would
likely be the only initial GOF reactions. France was pushing
strongly for a common EU position regarding the elections,
said Chapon. He said that the UK agreed on the need for a
common EU position. Chapon added that France would push for
an EU statement before the Monday Quartet talks in London.
One key issue in the statement would be answering how the EU
planned to deal with a possible Hamas-led government given
that the EU has designated Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Chapon said the MFA was in internal consultations on this
point.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
Stapleton