Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06WARSAW2370
2006-11-09 15:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Warsaw
Cable title:
POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 002370
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/06/2011
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNGA CU PL
SUBJECT: POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA
HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 184156
Classified By: Political Counselor Mary Curtin, reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 002370
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/06/2011
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNGA CU PL
SUBJECT: POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA
HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 184156
Classified By: Political Counselor Mary Curtin, reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November
to Mariusz Lewicki of the MFA UN Department. After
consulting widely within the MFA and contacting the Polish
Mission in New York, Lewicki responded late in the evening
that the GOP had decided the "highest priority was to
maintain the common EU position." Poland would therefore
oppose the no action motion, abstain on the Australian human
rights amendment, and support the overall Cuba resolution.
Lewicki also commented that Poland had to choose its battles
within the EU, and the Cuba resolution was not at present an
issue of great enough relative importance for the GOP to
break EU ranks.
2. (C) COMMENT. Poland is attempting to repair relations
with key EU partners such as Germany and France, while at the
same time assuaging concerns in Brussels that the ruling Law
and Justice (PiS) party is Euro-skeptical. This is
compounded by the perception in Europe since the beginning of
OIF that Poland is too much of a U.S. surrogate within the
EU. In addition, the October 27 dismissal as MFA Americas
Department Director Henryk Szlajfer, a Latin American scholar
and extremely close Embassy contact, has removed perhaps the
most vocal advocate of a strong Cuba policy in the entire
GOP. With Szlajfer out of the picture, it may be difficult
in the future to count on active GOP support for U.S.
initiatives on Cuba. END COMMENT.
ASHE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/06/2011
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNGA CU PL
SUBJECT: POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA
HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 184156
Classified By: Political Counselor Mary Curtin, reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November
to Mariusz Lewicki of the MFA UN Department. After
consulting widely within the MFA and contacting the Polish
Mission in New York, Lewicki responded late in the evening
that the GOP had decided the "highest priority was to
maintain the common EU position." Poland would therefore
oppose the no action motion, abstain on the Australian human
rights amendment, and support the overall Cuba resolution.
Lewicki also commented that Poland had to choose its battles
within the EU, and the Cuba resolution was not at present an
issue of great enough relative importance for the GOP to
break EU ranks.
2. (C) COMMENT. Poland is attempting to repair relations
with key EU partners such as Germany and France, while at the
same time assuaging concerns in Brussels that the ruling Law
and Justice (PiS) party is Euro-skeptical. This is
compounded by the perception in Europe since the beginning of
OIF that Poland is too much of a U.S. surrogate within the
EU. In addition, the October 27 dismissal as MFA Americas
Department Director Henryk Szlajfer, a Latin American scholar
and extremely close Embassy contact, has removed perhaps the
most vocal advocate of a strong Cuba policy in the entire
GOP. With Szlajfer out of the picture, it may be difficult
in the future to count on active GOP support for U.S.
initiatives on Cuba. END COMMENT.
ASHE