Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09CHISINAU878
2009-11-16 15:35:00
SECRET
Embassy Chisinau
Cable title:
VORONIN AND LUPU TO MOSCOW YET ONCE
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S E C R E T CHISINAU 000878
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/UMB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
SUBJECT: VORONIN AND LUPU TO MOSCOW YET ONCE
AGAIN
Classified by: Ambassador Asif J. Chaudhry for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
S E C R E T CHISINAU 000878
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/UMB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
SUBJECT: VORONIN AND LUPU TO MOSCOW YET ONCE
AGAIN
Classified by: Ambassador Asif J. Chaudhry for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) In a November 16 meeting with Ambassador,
Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca said that he had
learned that Russian President Medvedev had
invited both ex-President Vladimir Voronin and
Presidential candidate Marian Lupu to Moscow
"within the next three days" in order to try to
persuade the Party of Communists (PCRM) to vote
for Lupu. According to Leanca, the Russians would
discuss with Lupu the question of what guarantees
he could offer Voronin. The Russians intended to
offer Voronin a senior CIS position, particularly
Lebedev's job as Executive Secretary of the CIS,
as a way to guarantee Voronin's immunity while
providing for his international visibility.
2. (S) Leanca said that both he and Prime Minister
Filat were upset and concerned about why the
Russians were putting so much effort into trying
to get Lupu elected as President. They wondered
what Lupu would give the Russians in return, and
expressed concerns that just when Moldova was
finally formulating an independent foreign policy,
the Russians might gain influence through Lupu.
3. (S) Leanca acknowledged that it would not be a
problem if Voronin left Moldova for this CIS job,
or if his son Oleg Voronin got immunity from
prosecution, but Leanca said that Lupu should have
discussed these issues with his Alliance partners
first before agreeing to go to Moscow. Leanca
felt that Lupu's failure to confide in his
partners in advance revealed problems in the
Alliance, causing Filat to worry that if Lupu
became President he (Lupu) would have no inentive
to keep Filat on as Prime Minister, and mght dump
him to form a left-center coalition wit the
Communists.
4. (S) Leanca repeated that e and Filat remained
concerned about what the Rusians would want in
return for their support for upu for President.
They wondered whether a Presient so openly
supported by Moscow would really pt Moldovan
interests first.
CHAUDHRY
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/UMB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/25/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
SUBJECT: VORONIN AND LUPU TO MOSCOW YET ONCE
AGAIN
Classified by: Ambassador Asif J. Chaudhry for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (S) In a November 16 meeting with Ambassador,
Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca said that he had
learned that Russian President Medvedev had
invited both ex-President Vladimir Voronin and
Presidential candidate Marian Lupu to Moscow
"within the next three days" in order to try to
persuade the Party of Communists (PCRM) to vote
for Lupu. According to Leanca, the Russians would
discuss with Lupu the question of what guarantees
he could offer Voronin. The Russians intended to
offer Voronin a senior CIS position, particularly
Lebedev's job as Executive Secretary of the CIS,
as a way to guarantee Voronin's immunity while
providing for his international visibility.
2. (S) Leanca said that both he and Prime Minister
Filat were upset and concerned about why the
Russians were putting so much effort into trying
to get Lupu elected as President. They wondered
what Lupu would give the Russians in return, and
expressed concerns that just when Moldova was
finally formulating an independent foreign policy,
the Russians might gain influence through Lupu.
3. (S) Leanca acknowledged that it would not be a
problem if Voronin left Moldova for this CIS job,
or if his son Oleg Voronin got immunity from
prosecution, but Leanca said that Lupu should have
discussed these issues with his Alliance partners
first before agreeing to go to Moscow. Leanca
felt that Lupu's failure to confide in his
partners in advance revealed problems in the
Alliance, causing Filat to worry that if Lupu
became President he (Lupu) would have no inentive
to keep Filat on as Prime Minister, and mght dump
him to form a left-center coalition wit the
Communists.
4. (S) Leanca repeated that e and Filat remained
concerned about what the Rusians would want in
return for their support for upu for President.
They wondered whether a Presient so openly
supported by Moscow would really pt Moldovan
interests first.
CHAUDHRY