Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ROME2249
2007-10-26 13:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002249
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP JOHN MARIZ
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/2017
TAGS: UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU IT
SUBJECT: CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
APPRECIATES HUMAN RIGHTS PROPOSALS
REF: A. SECSTATE 148506
B. SECSTATE 147620
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Gabriel Escobar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002249
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP JOHN MARIZ
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/2017
TAGS: UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU IT
SUBJECT: CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
APPRECIATES HUMAN RIGHTS PROPOSALS
REF: A. SECSTATE 148506
B. SECSTATE 147620
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Gabriel Escobar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Office
Director for Central AMERICA and the Caribbean Michele Pala
and Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini on October
26. Poloff urged Italy to vote against, or at least abstain
on, the UNGA Cuba embargo resolution, and sought agreement on
possible collaborative approaches to promote human rights in
Cuba. Poloff also provided Pala and Carpini with the text of
the President's October 24 remarks and the White House fact
sheet on Cuba policy.
2. (C) Pala said Italy saw no reason to change its position
on the embargo resolution, which it has consistently
supported. He and Carpini both said that Italy would
consider expressing its concerns over human rights in Cuba in
its Explanation of Vote, the text of which is currently under
discussion in New York. Pala and Carpini thanked poloff for
the information on the proposed joint efforts on human rights
in Cuba. Carpini said Italy would coordinate with EU
partners in formulating its position, but said this seemed
like a productive way to achieve our shared goal of promoting
human rights and democracy in Cuba, especially given the
setbacks in the Human Rights Council.
3. (C) In an aside, Pala said that during the October 17
bilateral meeting between Italian MFA Undersecretary of State
Donato Di Santo and Cuban DFM Eumelio Caballero, who was in
Rome for a biannual Italy-Latin AMERICA conference, Caballero
pressed Di Santo for a visit to Cuba by FM D'Alema. Di Santo
rebuffed the request out of hand, Pala said, telling
Caballero that Italy would consider a visit to Cuba only if
there would be an opportunity to talk with the political
opposition and civil society. Otherwise, Pala said the
October 17 bilateral was short on substance.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP JOHN MARIZ
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/2017
TAGS: UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU IT
SUBJECT: CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
APPRECIATES HUMAN RIGHTS PROPOSALS
REF: A. SECSTATE 148506
B. SECSTATE 147620
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Gabriel Escobar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Office
Director for Central AMERICA and the Caribbean Michele Pala
and Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini on October
26. Poloff urged Italy to vote against, or at least abstain
on, the UNGA Cuba embargo resolution, and sought agreement on
possible collaborative approaches to promote human rights in
Cuba. Poloff also provided Pala and Carpini with the text of
the President's October 24 remarks and the White House fact
sheet on Cuba policy.
2. (C) Pala said Italy saw no reason to change its position
on the embargo resolution, which it has consistently
supported. He and Carpini both said that Italy would
consider expressing its concerns over human rights in Cuba in
its Explanation of Vote, the text of which is currently under
discussion in New York. Pala and Carpini thanked poloff for
the information on the proposed joint efforts on human rights
in Cuba. Carpini said Italy would coordinate with EU
partners in formulating its position, but said this seemed
like a productive way to achieve our shared goal of promoting
human rights and democracy in Cuba, especially given the
setbacks in the Human Rights Council.
3. (C) In an aside, Pala said that during the October 17
bilateral meeting between Italian MFA Undersecretary of State
Donato Di Santo and Cuban DFM Eumelio Caballero, who was in
Rome for a biannual Italy-Latin AMERICA conference, Caballero
pressed Di Santo for a visit to Cuba by FM D'Alema. Di Santo
rebuffed the request out of hand, Pala said, telling
Caballero that Italy would consider a visit to Cuba only if
there would be an opportunity to talk with the political
opposition and civil society. Otherwise, Pala said the
October 17 bilateral was short on substance.
SPOGLI