Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07THEHAGUE1769
2007-09-25 07:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NO NEWS EXPECTED FROM EU-CUBA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001769
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/23/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM NL CU
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NO NEWS EXPECTED FROM EU-CUBA
MEETING AT UNGA
REF: SECSTATE 133035
Classified By: Counselor for Political Affairs Andrew Schofer, for reas
ons 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) On September 24, 2007, POLOFF presented reftel points to
Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Staff Officer in the Western
Hemisphere Department of the Dutch MFA. Groenemeijer
indicated that there was no agenda for the expected meeting
between the EU Troika and the Cuban FM but that the meeting
was an opportunity to "re-start the dialogue." However,
Groenemeijer expected nothing to come of the meeting. Cuba's
FM probably would offer "nothing new" in New York and just
complain about the "double standard" applied to Cuba as
compared to other human rights violators like China. Within
the EU, there's no unity on lifting sanctions against Cuba,
so the (suspended) sanctions policy and the June 18 GAERC
statement will continue to guide the EU approach.
Arnall
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/23/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM NL CU
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NO NEWS EXPECTED FROM EU-CUBA
MEETING AT UNGA
REF: SECSTATE 133035
Classified By: Counselor for Political Affairs Andrew Schofer, for reas
ons 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) On September 24, 2007, POLOFF presented reftel points to
Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Staff Officer in the Western
Hemisphere Department of the Dutch MFA. Groenemeijer
indicated that there was no agenda for the expected meeting
between the EU Troika and the Cuban FM but that the meeting
was an opportunity to "re-start the dialogue." However,
Groenemeijer expected nothing to come of the meeting. Cuba's
FM probably would offer "nothing new" in New York and just
complain about the "double standard" applied to Cuba as
compared to other human rights violators like China. Within
the EU, there's no unity on lifting sanctions against Cuba,
so the (suspended) sanctions policy and the June 18 GAERC
statement will continue to guide the EU approach.
Arnall