Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ATHENS1075
2007-05-23 14:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 001075
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA, EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2017
TAGS: ETRD ETTC GR PREL
SUBJECT: GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III
SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT
REF: A. SECSTATE 65523
B. 06 ATHENS 1099
Classified By: DCM Thomas Countryman. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
Post provides the following responses keyed to questions
posed in ref a:
C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 001075
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA, EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2017
TAGS: ETRD ETTC GR PREL
SUBJECT: GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III
SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT
REF: A. SECSTATE 65523
B. 06 ATHENS 1099
Classified By: DCM Thomas Countryman. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
Post provides the following responses keyed to questions
posed in ref a:
1. (C) According to Expert Minister Counselor Vassilios
Konstantineas at the MFA Department for Latin America and the
Caribbean, the GoG did not keep a list of Greek investors in
Cuba or of Cuban investors in Greece.
2. (C) Konstantineas confirmed to Embassy on May 18 that
Greece and Cuba had signed two bilateral economic agreements.
The first was the Investment Protection Agreement, signed on
June 18, 1996, and ratified by law 2461/97. The second was
the Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation,
signed in Havana on May 5, 1997, and ratified by law 2585/98.
3. (C) On May 22, Consulate Thessaloniki PolOff spoke with
Vice Rector Athanasia Tsatsakou of Aristotle University in
Thessaloniki regarding a proposed cooperative program between
Aristotle and Cuban universities, as reported in ref b.
Tsatsakou said that since initial discussions last year,
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there had been no further movement on the proposal.
Tsatsakou was also unaware of any individual faculty members
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who had cooperated with Cuban universities outside the
proposed official program.
4. (C) In Post's opinion, Greece will continue to follow the
EU common position to support the development of democracy
and human rights in Cuba. Greece's bilateral relationship
with Cuba remains very limited and driven by the EU agenda.
5. (C) Post is not aware of any high-level visits between
Cuba and Greece in the last six months.
RIES
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA, EUR/SE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/21/2017
TAGS: ETRD ETTC GR PREL
SUBJECT: GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III
SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT
REF: A. SECSTATE 65523
B. 06 ATHENS 1099
Classified By: DCM Thomas Countryman. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
Post provides the following responses keyed to questions
posed in ref a:
1. (C) According to Expert Minister Counselor Vassilios
Konstantineas at the MFA Department for Latin America and the
Caribbean, the GoG did not keep a list of Greek investors in
Cuba or of Cuban investors in Greece.
2. (C) Konstantineas confirmed to Embassy on May 18 that
Greece and Cuba had signed two bilateral economic agreements.
The first was the Investment Protection Agreement, signed on
June 18, 1996, and ratified by law 2461/97. The second was
the Agreement on Economic and Technological Cooperation,
signed in Havana on May 5, 1997, and ratified by law 2585/98.
3. (C) On May 22, Consulate Thessaloniki PolOff spoke with
Vice Rector Athanasia Tsatsakou of Aristotle University in
Thessaloniki regarding a proposed cooperative program between
Aristotle and Cuban universities, as reported in ref b.
Tsatsakou said that since initial discussions last year,
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there had been no further movement on the proposal.
Tsatsakou was also unaware of any individual faculty members
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who had cooperated with Cuban universities outside the
proposed official program.
4. (C) In Post's opinion, Greece will continue to follow the
EU common position to support the development of democracy
and human rights in Cuba. Greece's bilateral relationship
with Cuba remains very limited and driven by the EU agenda.
5. (C) Post is not aware of any high-level visits between
Cuba and Greece in the last six months.
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