Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NEWDELHI1325
2008-05-14 11:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
INDIA EXPECTS BURMA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 001325
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/14/2018
TAGS: EAID PREL BM IN
SUBJECT: INDIA EXPECTS BURMA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL
VESSELS
REF: NEW DELHI 1279
Classified By: Ambassador David Mulford for Reasons 1.4 (B and D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 001325
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/14/2018
TAGS: EAID PREL BM IN
SUBJECT: INDIA EXPECTS BURMA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL
VESSELS
REF: NEW DELHI 1279
Classified By: Ambassador David Mulford for Reasons 1.4 (B and D)
1. (C/REL AGCU) In a May 14 meeting with Foreign Secretary
Shivshankar Menon, the Ambassador thanked him for conveying
to the Burmese junta the U.S. concern about the immense
difficulty in foreign assistance reaching the cyclone
victims. Menon said that while the message seems to have had
an impact in the easing of flight landings, it was "not as
much as we wanted." He related that the Burmese Foreign
Minister had scheduled a May 13 phone call with Indian
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which the Burmese
postponed to the afternoon of May 14. Menon expected that
the Burmese would tell Mukherjee that vessels from all
countries could deliver disaster assistance at Burma's ports.
The Ambassador requested that, if the Burmese maintained the
restrictions on port entry for the U.S., the Indian
government consider delivering U.S. aid. Menon said that he
had raised this question informally with the Burmese, and
would pursue it if the ports remained closed to American
vessels.
MULFORD
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/14/2018
TAGS: EAID PREL BM IN
SUBJECT: INDIA EXPECTS BURMA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL
VESSELS
REF: NEW DELHI 1279
Classified By: Ambassador David Mulford for Reasons 1.4 (B and D)
1. (C/REL AGCU) In a May 14 meeting with Foreign Secretary
Shivshankar Menon, the Ambassador thanked him for conveying
to the Burmese junta the U.S. concern about the immense
difficulty in foreign assistance reaching the cyclone
victims. Menon said that while the message seems to have had
an impact in the easing of flight landings, it was "not as
much as we wanted." He related that the Burmese Foreign
Minister had scheduled a May 13 phone call with Indian
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which the Burmese
postponed to the afternoon of May 14. Menon expected that
the Burmese would tell Mukherjee that vessels from all
countries could deliver disaster assistance at Burma's ports.
The Ambassador requested that, if the Burmese maintained the
restrictions on port entry for the U.S., the Indian
government consider delivering U.S. aid. Menon said that he
had raised this question informally with the Burmese, and
would pursue it if the ports remained closed to American
vessels.
MULFORD