Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ANKARA2819
2007-11-23 15:27:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002819
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA
SUBJECT: TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
REF: SECSTATE 154674
Classified By: Acting PolCouns Kelly Degnan, reasons 1.4 b, d
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002819
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA
SUBJECT: TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
REF: SECSTATE 154674
Classified By: Acting PolCouns Kelly Degnan, reasons 1.4 b, d
1. (C) We delivered reftel points on November 21 to MFA
Latin AMERICA Head of Department Ece Ozturk Cil. Cil assured
us that U.S. concerns in Latin AMERICA are strongly taken
into account in Turkey's Latin AMERICA policies, given her
department's location in the MFA Americas Directorate and
Turkey's otherwise limited political and economic engagement
in the region. She noted that while Turkey does have an
Embassy in Caracas, relations between the two countries are
shallow. No high level visits are planned in the near
future. She does not expect Turkey to publicly raise any
concern about Venezuelan democracy or its Inter-American
Democratic Charter commitments, but conceded that Turkey's
aspiring to a UNSC seat next year could prompt the GOT to
take greater interest in global democracy and human rights
issues.
2. (C) Concerning Venezuela as an almost-full MERCOSUR
member, Cil noted that MFA is concerned about the MERCOSUR
parliament's November 19 decision to formally recognize an
Armenian "genocide" and its call on other governments to do
the same. Preventing recognition of an Armenian "genocide"
in foreign parliaments is an important policy priority for
Turkey anywhere in the world, and the GOT is considering the
implications of and its response to the MERCOSUR decision.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA
SUBJECT: TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA
REF: SECSTATE 154674
Classified By: Acting PolCouns Kelly Degnan, reasons 1.4 b, d
1. (C) We delivered reftel points on November 21 to MFA
Latin AMERICA Head of Department Ece Ozturk Cil. Cil assured
us that U.S. concerns in Latin AMERICA are strongly taken
into account in Turkey's Latin AMERICA policies, given her
department's location in the MFA Americas Directorate and
Turkey's otherwise limited political and economic engagement
in the region. She noted that while Turkey does have an
Embassy in Caracas, relations between the two countries are
shallow. No high level visits are planned in the near
future. She does not expect Turkey to publicly raise any
concern about Venezuelan democracy or its Inter-American
Democratic Charter commitments, but conceded that Turkey's
aspiring to a UNSC seat next year could prompt the GOT to
take greater interest in global democracy and human rights
issues.
2. (C) Concerning Venezuela as an almost-full MERCOSUR
member, Cil noted that MFA is concerned about the MERCOSUR
parliament's November 19 decision to formally recognize an
Armenian "genocide" and its call on other governments to do
the same. Preventing recognition of an Armenian "genocide"
in foreign parliaments is an important policy priority for
Turkey anywhere in the world, and the GOT is considering the
implications of and its response to the MERCOSUR decision.
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON