Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ROME225
2008-02-25 16:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
CUBA: D'ALEMA CONGRATULATES RAUL CASTRO, GENTLY
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 000225
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL EU CU IT
SUBJECT: CUBA: D'ALEMA CONGRATULATES RAUL CASTRO, GENTLY
URGES GREATER OPENNESS
REF: STATE 18317
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan R. Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 000225
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL EU CU IT
SUBJECT: CUBA: D'ALEMA CONGRATULATES RAUL CASTRO, GENTLY
URGES GREATER OPENNESS
REF: STATE 18317
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan R. Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
1. (C) Ambassador spoke to FM D'Alema February 24 to deliver
reftel points on promoting democratic change in Cuba. He
urged D'Alema to issue a statement calling for free and fair
elections, the release of political prisoners, and dialogue
with democratic activists and civil society. D'Alema said
that he agreed with our message and would consider making a
statement following the selection of Cuba's next president by
the State Supreme Council.
2. (U) The MFA released the following statement the afternoon
of February 25:
Begin informal Embassy translation.
On the news of Raul Castro's appointment as President of the
Council of State of the Cuban Republic, Deputy Prime Minister
and Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema sent him the following
message today:
"I would like to express my most sincere congratulations,
with the hope that under your leadership Cuba will undertake
with the necessary resolve a path capable of reconciling the
Cuban Revolution's social achievements with the need to
respect individual rights and render concretely operational
the principles of pluralism.
Your election marks a new phase in the history of Cuba. I
hope the initiatives that will characterize your Presidency
in the political, economic, and social spheres will
effectively encourage the start of a new season of greater
openness toward dialogue, including in relations with the
international community.
I am certain that, on this basis, relations between our two
countries -- traditionally founded on friendship and
cooperation -- will develop further within the wider context
of a more in-depth relationship between Italy and Latin
America.
End informal Embassy translation.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/25/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL EU CU IT
SUBJECT: CUBA: D'ALEMA CONGRATULATES RAUL CASTRO, GENTLY
URGES GREATER OPENNESS
REF: STATE 18317
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan R. Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
1. (C) Ambassador spoke to FM D'Alema February 24 to deliver
reftel points on promoting democratic change in Cuba. He
urged D'Alema to issue a statement calling for free and fair
elections, the release of political prisoners, and dialogue
with democratic activists and civil society. D'Alema said
that he agreed with our message and would consider making a
statement following the selection of Cuba's next president by
the State Supreme Council.
2. (U) The MFA released the following statement the afternoon
of February 25:
Begin informal Embassy translation.
On the news of Raul Castro's appointment as President of the
Council of State of the Cuban Republic, Deputy Prime Minister
and Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema sent him the following
message today:
"I would like to express my most sincere congratulations,
with the hope that under your leadership Cuba will undertake
with the necessary resolve a path capable of reconciling the
Cuban Revolution's social achievements with the need to
respect individual rights and render concretely operational
the principles of pluralism.
Your election marks a new phase in the history of Cuba. I
hope the initiatives that will characterize your Presidency
in the political, economic, and social spheres will
effectively encourage the start of a new season of greater
openness toward dialogue, including in relations with the
international community.
I am certain that, on this basis, relations between our two
countries -- traditionally founded on friendship and
cooperation -- will develop further within the wider context
of a more in-depth relationship between Italy and Latin
America.
End informal Embassy translation.
SPOGLI