Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08THEHAGUE183
2008-02-26 15:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/WIREC: TIMMERMANS TO LEAD DUTCH
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UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000183
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMITH),OES/PCI (SSPECHT, CHILL)
USDOC FOR 4212/USFS/MAC/EURA/OWE/DCALVERT
WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC AND CEQ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG
NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/WIREC: TIMMERMANS TO LEAD DUTCH
DELEGATION
REF: A. STATE 15566
B. HEUNG-SPECHT EMAIL 20 FEB 08
C. HEUNG-SMITH EMAIL 20 FEB 08
D. THE HAGUE 38
E. 07 THE HAGUE 1966
F. 07 THE HAGUE 1897
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000183
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMITH),OES/PCI (SSPECHT, CHILL)
USDOC FOR 4212/USFS/MAC/EURA/OWE/DCALVERT
WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC AND CEQ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG
NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/WIREC: TIMMERMANS TO LEAD DUTCH
DELEGATION
REF: A. STATE 15566
B. HEUNG-SPECHT EMAIL 20 FEB 08
C. HEUNG-SMITH EMAIL 20 FEB 08
D. THE HAGUE 38
E. 07 THE HAGUE 1966
F. 07 THE HAGUE 1897
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (U) In separate discussions February 20, Dutch officials
Femke Smeets, Policy Officer, Directorate for Foreign
Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),and
Femke Hoogeveen, Senior Policy Officer, Economic and
Ecological Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),
told Econoff that the Dutch planned to send the following
delegation to the March 4-6 Washington International
Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC):
-- Frans Timmermans, Minister for European Affairs, MFA
(Delegation Head)
-- Marjanne de Kwaasteniet, Deputy Director General for
European Cooperation and Director for Economic and Ecological
Cooperation, MFA
-- (TBD) Policy Officer, Directorate for International
Cooperation, MFA
-- Eric Eijkeberg, Deputy Director for Energy and
Sustainability, MEA
-- Willem van der Heul, Coordinator for Sustainable Energy,
MEA
-- Ron van Erk, Policy Officer, MEA
2. (U) Hoogeveen said the Dutch Embassy in Washington would
register the delegation in accordance with procedures
specified in ref A. Post also forwarded this information via
email on February 20 to OES/PCI Stan Specht and EUR
Netherlands Desk Officer Tim Smith (refs B and C). See refs
D-F for past reporting on Dutch WIREC participation.
3. (SBU) In a follow-up conversation February 25, Hoogeveen
told Econoff that Timmermans and the Dutch delegation planned
to arrive in Washington on March 3. She said the Dutch
Embassy planned to host a roundtable dinner that evening on
transatlantic relations and separate from WIREC. She
expected the Embassy to extend invitations to a
representative from both the State Department and Commerce.
4. (SBU) Hoogeveen said the delegation had scheduled a
breakfast meeting on March 4 with Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Staff Director Antony Blinken before proceeding to
the WIREC event. She confirmed that Timmermans was also
seeking meetings with Under Secretary Paula Dobrianksy and
Department of Energy experts on the margins on WIREC. She
said the Dutch Embassy in Washington would contact the State
Department and Department of Energy directly for assistance
in arranging these meetings.
Schofer
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/WE (TSMITH),OES/PCI (SSPECHT, CHILL)
USDOC FOR 4212/USFS/MAC/EURA/OWE/DCALVERT
WHITE HOUSE FOR NSC AND CEQ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KSCA KPAO ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KGHG
NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/WIREC: TIMMERMANS TO LEAD DUTCH
DELEGATION
REF: A. STATE 15566
B. HEUNG-SPECHT EMAIL 20 FEB 08
C. HEUNG-SMITH EMAIL 20 FEB 08
D. THE HAGUE 38
E. 07 THE HAGUE 1966
F. 07 THE HAGUE 1897
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (U) In separate discussions February 20, Dutch officials
Femke Smeets, Policy Officer, Directorate for Foreign
Economic Relations, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA),and
Femke Hoogeveen, Senior Policy Officer, Economic and
Ecological Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),
told Econoff that the Dutch planned to send the following
delegation to the March 4-6 Washington International
Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC):
-- Frans Timmermans, Minister for European Affairs, MFA
(Delegation Head)
-- Marjanne de Kwaasteniet, Deputy Director General for
European Cooperation and Director for Economic and Ecological
Cooperation, MFA
-- (TBD) Policy Officer, Directorate for International
Cooperation, MFA
-- Eric Eijkeberg, Deputy Director for Energy and
Sustainability, MEA
-- Willem van der Heul, Coordinator for Sustainable Energy,
MEA
-- Ron van Erk, Policy Officer, MEA
2. (U) Hoogeveen said the Dutch Embassy in Washington would
register the delegation in accordance with procedures
specified in ref A. Post also forwarded this information via
email on February 20 to OES/PCI Stan Specht and EUR
Netherlands Desk Officer Tim Smith (refs B and C). See refs
D-F for past reporting on Dutch WIREC participation.
3. (SBU) In a follow-up conversation February 25, Hoogeveen
told Econoff that Timmermans and the Dutch delegation planned
to arrive in Washington on March 3. She said the Dutch
Embassy planned to host a roundtable dinner that evening on
transatlantic relations and separate from WIREC. She
expected the Embassy to extend invitations to a
representative from both the State Department and Commerce.
4. (SBU) Hoogeveen said the delegation had scheduled a
breakfast meeting on March 4 with Senate Foreign Relations
Committee Staff Director Antony Blinken before proceeding to
the WIREC event. She confirmed that Timmermans was also
seeking meetings with Under Secretary Paula Dobrianksy and
Department of Energy experts on the margins on WIREC. She
said the Dutch Embassy in Washington would contact the State
Department and Department of Energy directly for assistance
in arranging these meetings.
Schofer