Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PRAGUE309
2006-03-24 17:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Prague
Cable title:
CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000309
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
LUKASHENKO
REF: A. PRAGUE 00298
B. STATE 46976
Classified By: Acting DCM Michael Dodman for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000309
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
LUKASHENKO
REF: A. PRAGUE 00298
B. STATE 46976
Classified By: Acting DCM Michael Dodman for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In a meeting on March 23, MFA Eastern Europe Director
Tomas Szunyog told Poloff the Czechs support travel
restrictions for top Belarusian government officials, ref A.
On MQch 24, Poloff called Szunyog to confirm the Czechs
support travel restrictions for Belarusian President
Aleksandr Lukashenko himself. Szunyog confirmed that they do,
and added FM Cyril Svoboda proposed this sanction in a speech
given March 23.
2. (C) Szunyog said the Czechs have proposed travel
restrictions for Lukashenko within the EU context. Szunyog
believes the matter will be debated during the April GAERC,
and that the EU will base its decision in large part on
recommendations made by EU Ambassadors in Minsk. Czech Charge
d'Affaires Vladimir Ruml has been instructed to urge his
counterparts in Minsk to support travel restrictions for
Lukashenko and other regime officials.
3. (C) Szunyog was uncertain whether EU rules permit the
Czechs to impose bilateral travel restriction if the EU
failed to do so. Recalling that the GOCR had banned
Lukashenko from attending the 2002 NATO Summit, he expected
that it would likewise consider imposing a bilateral travel
ban, if possible.
CABANISS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/24/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
LUKASHENKO
REF: A. PRAGUE 00298
B. STATE 46976
Classified By: Acting DCM Michael Dodman for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In a meeting on March 23, MFA Eastern Europe Director
Tomas Szunyog told Poloff the Czechs support travel
restrictions for top Belarusian government officials, ref A.
On MQch 24, Poloff called Szunyog to confirm the Czechs
support travel restrictions for Belarusian President
Aleksandr Lukashenko himself. Szunyog confirmed that they do,
and added FM Cyril Svoboda proposed this sanction in a speech
given March 23.
2. (C) Szunyog said the Czechs have proposed travel
restrictions for Lukashenko within the EU context. Szunyog
believes the matter will be debated during the April GAERC,
and that the EU will base its decision in large part on
recommendations made by EU Ambassadors in Minsk. Czech Charge
d'Affaires Vladimir Ruml has been instructed to urge his
counterparts in Minsk to support travel restrictions for
Lukashenko and other regime officials.
3. (C) Szunyog was uncertain whether EU rules permit the
Czechs to impose bilateral travel restriction if the EU
failed to do so. Recalling that the GOCR had banned
Lukashenko from attending the 2002 NATO Summit, he expected
that it would likewise consider imposing a bilateral travel
ban, if possible.
CABANISS