Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BRASILIA1312
2008-10-03 11:04:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRASILIA 001312
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018
TAGS: PREL AF BR
SUBJECT: WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
REF: SECSTATE 98082
Classified By: Political Counselor Stephen M. Liston, reasons
1.4 b and d.
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRASILIA 001312
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018
TAGS: PREL AF BR
SUBJECT: WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
REF: SECSTATE 98082
Classified By: Political Counselor Stephen M. Liston, reasons
1.4 b and d.
1. (SBU) PolCouns delivered the demarche on September 24 to
Minister Marcos Pinta Gama in the Foreign Ministry's General
Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and Poloff delivered it on
September 29 to First Secretary Marisa Kenicke, the
Afghanistan desk officer. Pinta Gama noted that Brazil had
attended an earlier donor conference on Afghanistan and was
considering ways in which it might be helpful. Up to this
point, Brazil has looked for development-related projects
rather than support for the military, however. So far, the
GOB has not found feasible opportunities for supporting
Afghanistan. Kenicke received the demarche without
substantive comment and reported October 1 that there was
still no official response.
2. (C) Brazil's track record suggests that it would be
precedent-breaking for Brazil to support a foreign military
force outside of a UN system mechanism, within which the GOB
strongly prefers to work. The request of five million
dollars over five years is far larger than many other
requests we have made which have gone unanswered. Brazil's
resources for assistance in general are extremely limited,
and the GOB tends to prefer technical assistance for social
development projects.
SOBEL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018
TAGS: PREL AF BR
SUBJECT: WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY
REF: SECSTATE 98082
Classified By: Political Counselor Stephen M. Liston, reasons
1.4 b and d.
1. (SBU) PolCouns delivered the demarche on September 24 to
Minister Marcos Pinta Gama in the Foreign Ministry's General
Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and Poloff delivered it on
September 29 to First Secretary Marisa Kenicke, the
Afghanistan desk officer. Pinta Gama noted that Brazil had
attended an earlier donor conference on Afghanistan and was
considering ways in which it might be helpful. Up to this
point, Brazil has looked for development-related projects
rather than support for the military, however. So far, the
GOB has not found feasible opportunities for supporting
Afghanistan. Kenicke received the demarche without
substantive comment and reported October 1 that there was
still no official response.
2. (C) Brazil's track record suggests that it would be
precedent-breaking for Brazil to support a foreign military
force outside of a UN system mechanism, within which the GOB
strongly prefers to work. The request of five million
dollars over five years is far larger than many other
requests we have made which have gone unanswered. Brazil's
resources for assistance in general are extremely limited,
and the GOB tends to prefer technical assistance for social
development projects.
SOBEL