Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BUCHAREST964
2008-12-10 06:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bucharest
Cable title:
ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000964
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA DMCFARLAND AND EUR/CE ASCHIEBE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2018
TAGS: ETRD ETTC PREL CU RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 126578
Classified By: CDA Jeri Guthrie-Corn for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000964
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA DMCFARLAND AND EUR/CE ASCHIEBE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2018
TAGS: ETRD ETTC PREL CU RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 126578
Classified By: CDA Jeri Guthrie-Corn for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In response to questions in reftel, the Government of
Romania (GOR) has worked to promote democracy and human
rights in Cuba and has only a limited trading relationship
with the island. Relations between the two countries are
complicated by an outstanding trade dispute, in which the GOR
believes it is owed substantial arrears by the Cuban
Government. Even though a delegation from Romania did attend
the recent Havana trade fair this year, this was the first
trip since 2000, and it does not appear that the trip
resulted in any substantial business, nor did it benefit from
significant official support. The delegation was headed by
the "Investors' Club of Romania." Romania has no bilateral
trade agreement with Cuba outside of the EU framework. Very
limited trade does occur between the two countries, but
typically goods pass through a Spanish company first before
being re-exported to Cuba. The GOR did not provide any
direct aid to Cuba following Hurricanes Gustav or Ike.
2. (C) While both countries maintain diplomatic
representatives in their respective capitals, Romania's
mission to Havana is headed by a charge d'affaires, and there
are no immediate plans to accredit an ambassador there.
There have been no recent, high-level diplomatic exchanges
between the two countries, nor do the countries host regular
non-government exchanges. The GOR supported Cuba Solidarity
Day in Bucharest through the Romanian Cultural Institute and
the NGO Prodemocratia, and has worked through the EU to
promote democracy in Cuba.
GUTHRIE-CORN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA DMCFARLAND AND EUR/CE ASCHIEBE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2018
TAGS: ETRD ETTC PREL CU RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 126578
Classified By: CDA Jeri Guthrie-Corn for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In response to questions in reftel, the Government of
Romania (GOR) has worked to promote democracy and human
rights in Cuba and has only a limited trading relationship
with the island. Relations between the two countries are
complicated by an outstanding trade dispute, in which the GOR
believes it is owed substantial arrears by the Cuban
Government. Even though a delegation from Romania did attend
the recent Havana trade fair this year, this was the first
trip since 2000, and it does not appear that the trip
resulted in any substantial business, nor did it benefit from
significant official support. The delegation was headed by
the "Investors' Club of Romania." Romania has no bilateral
trade agreement with Cuba outside of the EU framework. Very
limited trade does occur between the two countries, but
typically goods pass through a Spanish company first before
being re-exported to Cuba. The GOR did not provide any
direct aid to Cuba following Hurricanes Gustav or Ike.
2. (C) While both countries maintain diplomatic
representatives in their respective capitals, Romania's
mission to Havana is headed by a charge d'affaires, and there
are no immediate plans to accredit an ambassador there.
There have been no recent, high-level diplomatic exchanges
between the two countries, nor do the countries host regular
non-government exchanges. The GOR supported Cuba Solidarity
Day in Bucharest through the Romanian Cultural Institute and
the NGO Prodemocratia, and has worked through the EU to
promote democracy in Cuba.
GUTHRIE-CORN