Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUENOSAIRES920
2009-08-11 19:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000920
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR OES/OA FOR EVAN BLOOM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTBS PHSA AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER
ITS CLAIM ON ANTARCTIC SHELF
REF: A) 8/3/09 BLOOM-PEREZ E-MAIL; B) BUENOS AIRES 0868 AND
PREVIOUS
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000920
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR OES/OA FOR EVAN BLOOM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTBS PHSA AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER
ITS CLAIM ON ANTARCTIC SHELF
REF: A) 8/3/09 BLOOM-PEREZ E-MAIL; B) BUENOS AIRES 0868 AND
PREVIOUS
1. (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine
MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a
close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG
proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the
Antarctic continental platform (ref B),which he labeled a "very
good outcome," and said he could reciprocate with "something that
will provide comfort to our partners." The MFA had held a long
meeting on this issue on August 4, he said, where the Foreign
Minister had approved the exact wording of Argentina's oral
communication to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf (CLCS) on August 24. (Text follows below. Spanish and
English versions have been e-mailed to the Department.) Grossi
confirmed he would travel to New York to represent the GOA at the
Commission's hearing and to work with the Chairman and the
Secretariat to ensure Argentina's oral statement is included in the
written record of the meeting. He offered to meet with USUN.
2. (SBU) Grossi acknowledged that Argentina is "fully aware" that
the way its submission to the CLCS had been handled was "not ideal,"
but he hoped we understood the reasons why the GOA had done so. "We
realize we altered the framework (of the 7 plus 2 agreement) and
therefore needed to reassure our friends," he said. Grossi was
thankful that this "fair compromise" had avoided an open
disagreement. He mentioned that he would meet with the Russians,
the Australians, New Zealanders and British later in the day to
share with them the proposed language just presented to us. He
planned on seeing the French and Norwegians on August 6. Grossi
also noted that the British Ambassador had forewarned the MFA of the
United Kingdom's forthcoming objection to the Argentine
presentation, so that it would not come as a surprise to the GOA.
3. (SBU) Text of GOA statement to the CLCS follows.
Begin text.
Argentina made a full submission of the outer limit of its
continental shelf, including the natural prolongation appurtenant to
the continent, the islands and the Argentina Antarctic Sector.
However, as Note NU/139/2009/600 states, the Argentine Republic
takes into account the circumstances of the region south of 60
degrees South latitude and the special legal and political status of
Antarctica under the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty, including
article IV thereof, and the Rules of Procedure of the Commission on
the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
Therefore, and in accordance with its rules, the Commission could
not take any action, for the time being, with regard to the
information in this Submission that relates to continental shelf
appurtenant to Antarctica.
End Text.
KELLY
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPT FOR OES/OA FOR EVAN BLOOM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTBS PHSA AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA AGREES TO PROPOSAL TO RESOLVE DISAGREEMENT OVER
ITS CLAIM ON ANTARCTIC SHELF
REF: A) 8/3/09 BLOOM-PEREZ E-MAIL; B) BUENOS AIRES 0868 AND
PREVIOUS
1. (SBU) ADCM and ESTCouns delivered ref A points to the Argentine
MFA's Director General for Political Coordination, Rafael Grossi, a
close advisor to FM Jorge Taiana. Grossi was pleased with the USG
proposal regarding Argentina's submission of its claim to the
Antarctic continental platform (ref B),which he labeled a "very
good outcome," and said he could reciprocate with "something that
will provide comfort to our partners." The MFA had held a long
meeting on this issue on August 4, he said, where the Foreign
Minister had approved the exact wording of Argentina's oral
communication to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental
Shelf (CLCS) on August 24. (Text follows below. Spanish and
English versions have been e-mailed to the Department.) Grossi
confirmed he would travel to New York to represent the GOA at the
Commission's hearing and to work with the Chairman and the
Secretariat to ensure Argentina's oral statement is included in the
written record of the meeting. He offered to meet with USUN.
2. (SBU) Grossi acknowledged that Argentina is "fully aware" that
the way its submission to the CLCS had been handled was "not ideal,"
but he hoped we understood the reasons why the GOA had done so. "We
realize we altered the framework (of the 7 plus 2 agreement) and
therefore needed to reassure our friends," he said. Grossi was
thankful that this "fair compromise" had avoided an open
disagreement. He mentioned that he would meet with the Russians,
the Australians, New Zealanders and British later in the day to
share with them the proposed language just presented to us. He
planned on seeing the French and Norwegians on August 6. Grossi
also noted that the British Ambassador had forewarned the MFA of the
United Kingdom's forthcoming objection to the Argentine
presentation, so that it would not come as a surprise to the GOA.
3. (SBU) Text of GOA statement to the CLCS follows.
Begin text.
Argentina made a full submission of the outer limit of its
continental shelf, including the natural prolongation appurtenant to
the continent, the islands and the Argentina Antarctic Sector.
However, as Note NU/139/2009/600 states, the Argentine Republic
takes into account the circumstances of the region south of 60
degrees South latitude and the special legal and political status of
Antarctica under the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty, including
article IV thereof, and the Rules of Procedure of the Commission on
the Limits of the Continental Shelf.
Therefore, and in accordance with its rules, the Commission could
not take any action, for the time being, with regard to the
information in this Submission that relates to continental shelf
appurtenant to Antarctica.
End Text.
KELLY