Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08DUSHANBE1151
2008-09-15 03:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dushanbe
Cable title:
TAJIKISTAN - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 001151
SIPDIS
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, IO/RHS, AND DRL/MLGA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2018
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE
2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES
REF: STATE 95334
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Necia Quast, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 001151
SIPDIS
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, IO/RHS, AND DRL/MLGA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2018
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE
2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES
REF: STATE 95334
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Necia Quast, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Shermahmad
Radjabovich Niyasov, Second Secretary at the State Protocol
Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Niyasov
handles issues regarding the United Nations General Assembly
and will be present in New York for the UNGA this September.
Contents of reftel were forwarded separately to the MFA on
September 9, 2008 to both Niyasov and Chief of the Department
of International Organizations, Muzafar Husseinov.
2. (C) On an Iran resolution, Niyasov said Tajikistan's
position was that the best way forward with Iran was through
diplomatic channels. Tajikistan sought a peaceful resolution
to the tensions between Iran and the west. Niyasov could not
say whether Tajikistan would support or oppose any human
rights resolution regarding Iran. Poloff used this opening
to stress to Niyasov the importance of voting against any
&no-action8 request because it directly impeded the
diplomatic process Niyasov said Tajikistan supported.
3. (C) Regarding the additional reftel points, Niyasov
promised to provide poloff a non-paper within the next week
summarizing Tajikistan's position on the issues. Details of
any such non-paper will be forwarded separately upon receipt.
4. (C) Comment: Tajikistan seeks economic support from Iran,
and gives it diplomatic support in return. It is very
unlikely it would support an Iran resolution. Tajikistan
also receives large amounts of economic assistance from
China, in the form of low-interest loans for infrastructure
projects, and is equally unlikely to contradict Chinese
interests in the UN.
QUAST
SIPDIS
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, IO/RHS, AND DRL/MLGA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2018
TAGS: PHUM PREL UN
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE
2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES
REF: STATE 95334
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Necia Quast, Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Shermahmad
Radjabovich Niyasov, Second Secretary at the State Protocol
Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Niyasov
handles issues regarding the United Nations General Assembly
and will be present in New York for the UNGA this September.
Contents of reftel were forwarded separately to the MFA on
September 9, 2008 to both Niyasov and Chief of the Department
of International Organizations, Muzafar Husseinov.
2. (C) On an Iran resolution, Niyasov said Tajikistan's
position was that the best way forward with Iran was through
diplomatic channels. Tajikistan sought a peaceful resolution
to the tensions between Iran and the west. Niyasov could not
say whether Tajikistan would support or oppose any human
rights resolution regarding Iran. Poloff used this opening
to stress to Niyasov the importance of voting against any
&no-action8 request because it directly impeded the
diplomatic process Niyasov said Tajikistan supported.
3. (C) Regarding the additional reftel points, Niyasov
promised to provide poloff a non-paper within the next week
summarizing Tajikistan's position on the issues. Details of
any such non-paper will be forwarded separately upon receipt.
4. (C) Comment: Tajikistan seeks economic support from Iran,
and gives it diplomatic support in return. It is very
unlikely it would support an Iran resolution. Tajikistan
also receives large amounts of economic assistance from
China, in the form of low-interest loans for infrastructure
projects, and is equally unlikely to contradict Chinese
interests in the UN.
QUAST