Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08TOKYO517
2008-02-27 05:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN TO MONITOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000517
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
MOSCOW PASS VLADIVOSTOK
HELSINKI PASS ST PETERSBURG
VIENNA PASS OSCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2016
TAGS: PREL JA RU
SUBJECT: JAPAN TO MONITOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (B) (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 000517
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
MOSCOW PASS VLADIVOSTOK
HELSINKI PASS ST PETERSBURG
VIENNA PASS OSCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2016
TAGS: PREL JA RU
SUBJECT: JAPAN TO MONITOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (B) (D)
1. (C) Japanese observers will monitor the March 2 Russian
presidential election at the invitation of the Russian
Central Election Commission (CEC),Japanese Foreign Ministry
and Russian EMBASSY diplomats informed EMBASSY Tokyo on
February 27. The three-member delegation, consisting of
officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry
of Internal Affairs and Communications, and one academic,
will visit Russia from Feb. 28 to March 4. Russia Division
Principal Deputy Director Kotaro Otsuki said the team will
stay in Moscow, but have plans to visit a "suburban area."
Asked why the CEC would invite Tokyo to observe the contest,
Otsuki said that Russian officials praised a Japanese team
that monitored the 2007 Duma election.
2. (C) Russian EMBASSY First Secretary Yurii Yuriev confirmed
the CEC invitation, but noted that the team actually departed
for Russia in mid-February. Yuriev did not know where the
delegation would be stationed, but added that in accordance
with "the principles of democracy which exist in my country,
they can monitor anywhere they want."
3. (U) Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura told reporters on
February 26 that the observers would monitor the election
campaigns, voting and ballot counting to ensure the
procedures are fair and democratic. A Foreign Ministry press
release noted that Japan sent election monitors to Russia for
the 1996 presidential election, as well as parliamentary
contests in 1993, 1995, 1999, and 2007. Japanese EMBASSY
diplomats also conducted monitoring activities for the 2000
presidential and 2003 Duma elections, according to the press
release.
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
MOSCOW PASS VLADIVOSTOK
HELSINKI PASS ST PETERSBURG
VIENNA PASS OSCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/27/2016
TAGS: PREL JA RU
SUBJECT: JAPAN TO MONITOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Classified By: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer. Reasons 1.4 (B) (D)
1. (C) Japanese observers will monitor the March 2 Russian
presidential election at the invitation of the Russian
Central Election Commission (CEC),Japanese Foreign Ministry
and Russian EMBASSY diplomats informed EMBASSY Tokyo on
February 27. The three-member delegation, consisting of
officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry
of Internal Affairs and Communications, and one academic,
will visit Russia from Feb. 28 to March 4. Russia Division
Principal Deputy Director Kotaro Otsuki said the team will
stay in Moscow, but have plans to visit a "suburban area."
Asked why the CEC would invite Tokyo to observe the contest,
Otsuki said that Russian officials praised a Japanese team
that monitored the 2007 Duma election.
2. (C) Russian EMBASSY First Secretary Yurii Yuriev confirmed
the CEC invitation, but noted that the team actually departed
for Russia in mid-February. Yuriev did not know where the
delegation would be stationed, but added that in accordance
with "the principles of democracy which exist in my country,
they can monitor anywhere they want."
3. (U) Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura told reporters on
February 26 that the observers would monitor the election
campaigns, voting and ballot counting to ensure the
procedures are fair and democratic. A Foreign Ministry press
release noted that Japan sent election monitors to Russia for
the 1996 presidential election, as well as parliamentary
contests in 1993, 1995, 1999, and 2007. Japanese EMBASSY
diplomats also conducted monitoring activities for the 2000
presidential and 2003 Duma elections, according to the press
release.
SCHIEFFER