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Created
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07JAKARTA2829
2007-10-05 07:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
BURMA AND INDONESIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON FOR A
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002829
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS (COPE),IO/UNP
(WICKBERG),G (CURRIE)
NSC FOR EPHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2017
TAGS: PREL PINS PHUM UNSC ID BM
SUBJECT: BURMA AND INDONESIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON FOR A
TOUGH UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
REF: A. SINGAPORE 1852
B. USUN 817
C. JAKARTA 2821 AND PREVIOUS
D. RANGOON 977 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 002829
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS (COPE),IO/UNP
(WICKBERG),G (CURRIE)
NSC FOR EPHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2017
TAGS: PREL PINS PHUM UNSC ID BM
SUBJECT: BURMA AND INDONESIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON FOR A
TOUGH UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
REF: A. SINGAPORE 1852
B. USUN 817
C. JAKARTA 2821 AND PREVIOUS
D. RANGOON 977 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b,d).
1. (C) SUMMARY -- As part of Mission's continued public
outreach efforts, Charge will appear for a live television
interview late October 5 focused on the Burmese situation.
In other news, Pol/C thanked Department of Foreign Affairs
(DEPLU) contacts for the GOI's support for a formal UNSC
meeting on October 5, arguing that the meeting should be
followed by a strong Presidential Statement (PRST) condemning
the regime. DEPLU contacts indicated that the GOI is still
undecided about the utility of using the PRST mechanism. END
SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) KEEPING UP THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT -- As part of
Mission's vigorous outreach on Burma, the Charge will appear
for a live television interview focused on the Burma
situation on national network TVRI's prime-time
English-language news program. Charge was interviewed
earlier in the week on another channel regarding Burma (ref
C).
3. (C) RUMBLINGS IN ASEAN -- Singapore DCM Lim Hong Huai told
the Charge on October 5 that the period leading up to the
ASEAN summit in November would be critical. If Burma made no
progress toward reform, pressure would build for ASEAN to
take stronger action. He explained that ASEAN members were
beginning to discuss the status of Burma's membership
although there was no rush to expel it from the organization
(ref A). Lim also said Singapore, in its capacity as ASEAN
Chair, would deliver a very strong message at the UNSC's
formal meeting on Burma on October 5 (ref B). The Charge
said a statement stressing Burma's destabilizing impact on
the region would help make the case to Indonesia--which has
been reluctant on the point--that the UNSC was the proper
forum for discussing Burma.
4. (C) PRESSING DEPLU -- Pol/C raised the Burmese situation
with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at
DEPLU, and Gudadi Bambang Sasongko, DEPLU's Deputy Director
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Pol/C thanked Indonesia
for joining the UNSC consensus for a formal meeting and
strongly argued for a strong Presidential Statement to be
issued after that meeting (ref B). DEPLU contacts took the
points on board. Key DEPLU multilateral affairs official
Desra Percaya, in New York for UN meetings, and other senior
GOI officials were currently reviewing the matter, they added.
HEFFERN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS (COPE),IO/UNP
(WICKBERG),G (CURRIE)
NSC FOR EPHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2017
TAGS: PREL PINS PHUM UNSC ID BM
SUBJECT: BURMA AND INDONESIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON FOR A
TOUGH UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT
REF: A. SINGAPORE 1852
B. USUN 817
C. JAKARTA 2821 AND PREVIOUS
D. RANGOON 977 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b,d).
1. (C) SUMMARY -- As part of Mission's continued public
outreach efforts, Charge will appear for a live television
interview late October 5 focused on the Burmese situation.
In other news, Pol/C thanked Department of Foreign Affairs
(DEPLU) contacts for the GOI's support for a formal UNSC
meeting on October 5, arguing that the meeting should be
followed by a strong Presidential Statement (PRST) condemning
the regime. DEPLU contacts indicated that the GOI is still
undecided about the utility of using the PRST mechanism. END
SUMMARY.
2. (SBU) KEEPING UP THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT -- As part of
Mission's vigorous outreach on Burma, the Charge will appear
for a live television interview focused on the Burma
situation on national network TVRI's prime-time
English-language news program. Charge was interviewed
earlier in the week on another channel regarding Burma (ref
C).
3. (C) RUMBLINGS IN ASEAN -- Singapore DCM Lim Hong Huai told
the Charge on October 5 that the period leading up to the
ASEAN summit in November would be critical. If Burma made no
progress toward reform, pressure would build for ASEAN to
take stronger action. He explained that ASEAN members were
beginning to discuss the status of Burma's membership
although there was no rush to expel it from the organization
(ref A). Lim also said Singapore, in its capacity as ASEAN
Chair, would deliver a very strong message at the UNSC's
formal meeting on Burma on October 5 (ref B). The Charge
said a statement stressing Burma's destabilizing impact on
the region would help make the case to Indonesia--which has
been reluctant on the point--that the UNSC was the proper
forum for discussing Burma.
4. (C) PRESSING DEPLU -- Pol/C raised the Burmese situation
with Harry Purwanto, Director for North American Affairs at
DEPLU, and Gudadi Bambang Sasongko, DEPLU's Deputy Director
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Pol/C thanked Indonesia
for joining the UNSC consensus for a formal meeting and
strongly argued for a strong Presidential Statement to be
issued after that meeting (ref B). DEPLU contacts took the
points on board. Key DEPLU multilateral affairs official
Desra Percaya, in New York for UN meetings, and other senior
GOI officials were currently reviewing the matter, they added.
HEFFERN