Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08CARACAS1207
2008-08-27 21:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Caracas
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REJECTION OF RECOGNITION OF
how-toVZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHCV #1207 2402136 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 272136Z AUG 08 FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1706 INFO RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 0311 RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY 0002 RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS CARACAS 001207
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL VE
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REJECTION OF RECOGNITION OF
ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA AS INDEPENDENT STATES
REF: A. STATE 091894
B. CARACAS 001160
UNCLAS CARACAS 001207
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL VE
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REJECTION OF RECOGNITION OF
ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA AS INDEPENDENT STATES
REF: A. STATE 091894
¶B. CARACAS 001160
¶1. (SBU) Embassy delivered talking points in reftel to
Foreign Ministry Affairs Director for North American Affairs
Yaneth Arocha. No response is expected from the MFA.
¶2. (SBU) The Venezuelan government has so far refrained from
recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, however President
Chavez recently expressed strong support for Russia's
intervention in Georgia (Ref B). Chavez opposed the
recognition of Kosovo's independence, again in support of the
Russian position.
DUDDY