Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUENOSAIRES1051
2009-09-22 11:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
ARGENTINA: WILL CONSIDER U.S. UNGA REDLINES
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 001051
SIPDIS
STATE FOR USUN/W SIMON AND IO/UNP DEUTSCH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2019
TAGS: PREL UNGA AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: WILL CONSIDER U.S. UNGA REDLINES
REF: STATE 97566
Classified By: DCM Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 001051
SIPDIS
STATE FOR USUN/W SIMON AND IO/UNP DEUTSCH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2019
TAGS: PREL UNGA AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: WILL CONSIDER U.S. UNGA REDLINES
REF: STATE 97566
Classified By: DCM Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Political Officer met with Mateo Estreme, a member
of Foreign Minister Taiana,s staff, to discuss the reftel
demarche. Estreme welcomed word of anticipated high-level
U.S. participation throughout the UNGA. He offered no
objections to the U.S. redlines, noting with approval in
particular the holocaust denial and anti-Semitism points. He
appreciated our communication and agreed that joint action
would send a stronger message.
2. (C) Estreme said he would convey the U.S. redlines
directly to his boss, the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff,
to convey directly to the Minister (many of the top officials
in the MFA are already in New York). He could not say which
if any points would provoke an Argentine walkout, but
suggested it was possible. On the question of Iran in
particular, he said, current Argentine-Iran relations were so
difficult that it was not certain whether Argentina would be
in the room at all during President Ahmadinejad's address.
MARTINEZ
SIPDIS
STATE FOR USUN/W SIMON AND IO/UNP DEUTSCH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2019
TAGS: PREL UNGA AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: WILL CONSIDER U.S. UNGA REDLINES
REF: STATE 97566
Classified By: DCM Tom Kelly for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Political Officer met with Mateo Estreme, a member
of Foreign Minister Taiana,s staff, to discuss the reftel
demarche. Estreme welcomed word of anticipated high-level
U.S. participation throughout the UNGA. He offered no
objections to the U.S. redlines, noting with approval in
particular the holocaust denial and anti-Semitism points. He
appreciated our communication and agreed that joint action
would send a stronger message.
2. (C) Estreme said he would convey the U.S. redlines
directly to his boss, the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff,
to convey directly to the Minister (many of the top officials
in the MFA are already in New York). He could not say which
if any points would provoke an Argentine walkout, but
suggested it was possible. On the question of Iran in
particular, he said, current Argentine-Iran relations were so
difficult that it was not certain whether Argentina would be
in the room at all during President Ahmadinejad's address.
MARTINEZ