Identifier
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08MADRID452
2008-04-22 08:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE
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UNCLAS MADRID 000452
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
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EUR/RPM FOR PROSEN
USOSCE FOR DIANA BROWN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE
AFGHANISTAN
REF: A. STATE 39820
¶B. PARIS 753
(SBU) The DCM delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA
Political Director Rafael Dezcallar on April 21. Dezcallar
sought to clarify the Spanish position, stating that Spain
does not oppose an eventual role for the OSCE inside
Afghanistan, and that indeed such a role would be the ideal
end result of OSCE involvement. However, in the immediate
term, Spain would support initial efforts to develop the
project outside and along the Afghan borders before putting a
presence on the ground within Afghanistan. Dezcallar said
that the security risks of working in Afghanistan were an
obvious concern at such an early stage in the project's
development. Nevertheless, OSCE involvement in Afghan border
issues without an eventual physical presence in Afghanistan
would be counter-intuitive.
AGUIRRE