Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUALALUMPUR905
2008-10-15 09:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Cable title:
MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC
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UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 000905
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR EAP/MTS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM PHUM MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC
DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP (APDP) MEETING IN SEOUL
REF: A. STATE 107528
B. KUALA LUMPUR 430
UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 000905
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR EAP/MTS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM PHUM MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC
DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP (APDP) MEETING IN SEOUL
REF: A. STATE 107528
B. KUALA LUMPUR 430
1. (U) Poloff conveyed demarche points (ref A) on October 14
to Mr. Selvaraj Ramasamy, Principal Assistant Secretary in
the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Regional Economic
Cooperation, Social & Cultural Affairs Division. Selvaraj
informed us that he recently spoke with our South Korean
counterparts about the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership
(APDP),and that he had already forwarded the information up
to the Ministerial level for further instructions. He
indicated, without elaborating, that Malaysia's position on
APDP had not changed. (Comment: Earlier this year, Malaysia
declined invitations to APDP events, ref B.)
2. (SBU) South Korean embassy counselor told Polcouns that
Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials were "not enthusiastic"
about the APDP meeting in Seoul, but still had not responded
to the invitation. In late September the South Korean
ambassador personally presented the invitation to Deputy
Secretary General Kamal Yahya, and embassy counselor had
conducted a follow-up demarche. The counselor described the
MFA officials as "suspicious" about APDP and the U.S. role in
the initiative, even though the South Korean diplomat said
she had consciously avoided any mention of the U.S. during
her demarche. MFA officials also questioned the APDP because
it was not a UN initiative.
RAPSON
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR EAP/MTS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM PHUM MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC
DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP (APDP) MEETING IN SEOUL
REF: A. STATE 107528
B. KUALA LUMPUR 430
1. (U) Poloff conveyed demarche points (ref A) on October 14
to Mr. Selvaraj Ramasamy, Principal Assistant Secretary in
the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Regional Economic
Cooperation, Social & Cultural Affairs Division. Selvaraj
informed us that he recently spoke with our South Korean
counterparts about the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership
(APDP),and that he had already forwarded the information up
to the Ministerial level for further instructions. He
indicated, without elaborating, that Malaysia's position on
APDP had not changed. (Comment: Earlier this year, Malaysia
declined invitations to APDP events, ref B.)
2. (SBU) South Korean embassy counselor told Polcouns that
Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials were "not enthusiastic"
about the APDP meeting in Seoul, but still had not responded
to the invitation. In late September the South Korean
ambassador personally presented the invitation to Deputy
Secretary General Kamal Yahya, and embassy counselor had
conducted a follow-up demarche. The counselor described the
MFA officials as "suspicious" about APDP and the U.S. role in
the initiative, even though the South Korean diplomat said
she had consciously avoided any mention of the U.S. during
her demarche. MFA officials also questioned the APDP because
it was not a UN initiative.
RAPSON