Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LISBON577
2009-11-12 11:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Lisbon
Cable title:
PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LISBON 000577
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/UMB JOE WANG
STATE ALSO PASS TO EUR/ERA RACHEL WOLFE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019
TAGS: BO PREL EUN PHUM PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS
SANCTIONS
REF: STATE 112644
Classified By: Pol-Econ Officer Mario Fernandez, reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) Poleconoff delivered reftel points on November 5 to
Liliana Mascarenhas, Portugal's MFA Director for European
Affairs, and Vitor Marcelino, MFA Deputy Director for Common
Foreign and Security Policy and Assistant European
Correspondent. Mascarenhas stated at the outset that
Portugal would follow the EU consensus position on sanctions.
Although she agreed that Belarus had not implemented
necessary human rights and democracy reforms, Mascarenhas
observed that the issue was still under discussion in
Brussels and it was too early for the EU to take a position.
She concurred that to have the most significant effect on
Belarus, it was necessary for EU and U.S. sanction policies
to stay in sync. At the same time, she emphasized that
nuances were important, noting that some countries in the EU
held views that "do not
necessarily coincide with U.S. perspectives."
For more reporting from Embassy Lisbon and information about Portugal,
please see our Intelink site:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/portal:port ugal
BALLARD
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/UMB JOE WANG
STATE ALSO PASS TO EUR/ERA RACHEL WOLFE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019
TAGS: BO PREL EUN PHUM PO
SUBJECT: PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS
SANCTIONS
REF: STATE 112644
Classified By: Pol-Econ Officer Mario Fernandez, reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) Poleconoff delivered reftel points on November 5 to
Liliana Mascarenhas, Portugal's MFA Director for European
Affairs, and Vitor Marcelino, MFA Deputy Director for Common
Foreign and Security Policy and Assistant European
Correspondent. Mascarenhas stated at the outset that
Portugal would follow the EU consensus position on sanctions.
Although she agreed that Belarus had not implemented
necessary human rights and democracy reforms, Mascarenhas
observed that the issue was still under discussion in
Brussels and it was too early for the EU to take a position.
She concurred that to have the most significant effect on
Belarus, it was necessary for EU and U.S. sanction policies
to stay in sync. At the same time, she emphasized that
nuances were important, noting that some countries in the EU
held views that "do not
necessarily coincide with U.S. perspectives."
For more reporting from Embassy Lisbon and information about Portugal,
please see our Intelink site:
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/portal:port ugal
BALLARD