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08DUBLIN57
2008-01-31 12:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dublin
Cable title:  

IRELAND WILL FOLLOW EU ON IMPORT BAN OF BURMESE

Tags:  PREL ETRD PHUM BM EI 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DUBLIN 000057 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/28/2018
TAGS: PREL ETRD PHUM BM EI
SUBJECT: IRELAND WILL FOLLOW EU ON IMPORT BAN OF BURMESE
GEMS AND HARDWOODS

REF: SECSTATE 5276

Classified By: Political/Economic Chief Theodore Pierce for reasons 1.4
(B) and (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L DUBLIN 000057

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/28/2018
TAGS: PREL ETRD PHUM BM EI
SUBJECT: IRELAND WILL FOLLOW EU ON IMPORT BAN OF BURMESE
GEMS AND HARDWOODS

REF: SECSTATE 5276

Classified By: Political/Economic Chief Theodore Pierce for reasons 1.4
(B) and (D)


1. (C) Ireland shares the USG's concerns regarding Burma and
will implement the European Council decision to restrict
investment and trade in the mining and logging sectors with
Burma once the EU Commission finalizes the regulations for
implementation, according to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia
and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),
with whom POLOFF met on January 25. Moylan said that the
issue was currently under discussion within the EU Commission
but she could not estimate when a decision would be made.


2. (C) In a follow up meeting on January 30 with the DFA Asia
and Oceania Deputy Director Conleth Brady, POLOFF confirmed
that the designation of three Burmese state-owned banks was
not discussed during the January GAERC meeting. Brady
suggested that this issue was not likely to be addressed
until April, when the EU's Common Position on Burma would be
renewed.
FOLEY