Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07LJUBLJANA734
2007-11-30 06:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ljubljana
Cable title:
SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000734
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN
AMERICA
REF: SECSTATE 154674
Classified By: CDA MCOLEMAN E.O. 12958, reason 1.4 (b, d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000734
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN
AMERICA
REF: SECSTATE 154674
Classified By: CDA MCOLEMAN E.O. 12958, reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) On November 29, EmbOff met with Stefan Salej, Special
Envoy for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
to share U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in
the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela and
to request that Slovenia join the voices of international
concern regarding GoV lack of adherence to its commitments
under the Inter-American Democratic Charter, per reftel.
Salej responded that the GoS shares the U.S. concerns about
developments in Venezuela, as well as those in a number of
other Latin American states. He stated that the GoS does not
intend to spend its upcoming EU presidency "managing
individual crises that erupt in Latin America," such as the
one in Venezuela, but instead aims to use its presidency to
help forge a common EU policy toward Latin America as a
whole. He aligned Slovenia's position with that of the U.K.,
while acknowledging that Spain's differing approach could
hinder efforts to forge a united EU policy toward Latin
America. Salej added that Slovenia also hopes to facilitate
a productive transatlantic dialogue on a coordinated,
comprehensive U.S.-EU approach to Latin America. He asserted
that the GoS believes that forging an EU consensus and a
transatlantic dialogue on Latin America will bear more fruit
than "separately and belatedly dealing with individual crises
in the region as they emerge."
COLEMAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/29/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN
AMERICA
REF: SECSTATE 154674
Classified By: CDA MCOLEMAN E.O. 12958, reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) On November 29, EmbOff met with Stefan Salej, Special
Envoy for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
to share U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in
the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela and
to request that Slovenia join the voices of international
concern regarding GoV lack of adherence to its commitments
under the Inter-American Democratic Charter, per reftel.
Salej responded that the GoS shares the U.S. concerns about
developments in Venezuela, as well as those in a number of
other Latin American states. He stated that the GoS does not
intend to spend its upcoming EU presidency "managing
individual crises that erupt in Latin America," such as the
one in Venezuela, but instead aims to use its presidency to
help forge a common EU policy toward Latin America as a
whole. He aligned Slovenia's position with that of the U.K.,
while acknowledging that Spain's differing approach could
hinder efforts to forge a united EU policy toward Latin
America. Salej added that Slovenia also hopes to facilitate
a productive transatlantic dialogue on a coordinated,
comprehensive U.S.-EU approach to Latin America. He asserted
that the GoS believes that forging an EU consensus and a
transatlantic dialogue on Latin America will bear more fruit
than "separately and belatedly dealing with individual crises
in the region as they emerge."
COLEMAN