Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08RIGA522
2008-08-28 14:46:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Riga
Cable title:
LATVIA OPEN TO REVIEW OF BELARUS VISA BAN LIST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000522
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV CVIS EU BO LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA OPEN TO REVIEW OF BELARUS VISA BAN LIST
Classified By: Ambassador Charles Larson, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) DCM and Pol-Econ Chief met for lunch with Edgars Skuja,
MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, on August 27. In discussions
regarding Belarus, Skuja mentioned that the MFA was reviewing
possible positive responses to the GOB in light of their
release of Alexandr Kozulin and two other key political
prisoners. He stressed that such responses were contingent
on free and fair parliamentary elections in September.
However, given the pace of EU decision making, it was
important to begin to plan now. Skuja said that Latvia would
be willing to review lifting travel restrictions on targeted
Belarus officials currently on the visa ban list. He
stressed that he was not advocating complete abolition of the
list, and that they were still considering who might be good
candidates for removal if the elections went well.
LARSON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV CVIS EU BO LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA OPEN TO REVIEW OF BELARUS VISA BAN LIST
Classified By: Ambassador Charles Larson, for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) DCM and Pol-Econ Chief met for lunch with Edgars Skuja,
MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, on August 27. In discussions
regarding Belarus, Skuja mentioned that the MFA was reviewing
possible positive responses to the GOB in light of their
release of Alexandr Kozulin and two other key political
prisoners. He stressed that such responses were contingent
on free and fair parliamentary elections in September.
However, given the pace of EU decision making, it was
important to begin to plan now. Skuja said that Latvia would
be willing to review lifting travel restrictions on targeted
Belarus officials currently on the visa ban list. He
stressed that he was not advocating complete abolition of the
list, and that they were still considering who might be good
candidates for removal if the elections went well.
LARSON