Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MADRID380
2009-04-15 07:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN SUPPORTS AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000380
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E (MARIA BEYZEROV)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2019
TAGS: PGOV SP SZ NO MA AROC EAID
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR
REF: STATE 35809
Classified By: ADCM William H. Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director
General for Subsaharan Africa Guillermo Lopez Mac-Lellan
April 14. Mac-Lellan said that the GOS completely agrees
that elections in Madagascar should occur as soon as
practicable and supports the African Union's (AU) efforts and
statements on the coup. Mac-Lellan's office has requested
specific numbers regarding aid to Madagascar from the Spanish
Development Agency (AECID); he estimates the amount of aid,
targeting the fishing sector, to be "extremely minor." Spain
has no formal financial alliance with Madagascar, he
explained, but because Spanish fleets in the Indian Ocean use
the country as an operational base, continued assistance
(albeit minor) may continue. Mac-Lellan added that the USG
position on suspending assistance is well-noted and confirmed
France's insistance in continuing pre-coup assistance
programs. Spain will send a delegate from Pretoria to attend
the April 16 dialogue, and Mac-Lellan committed to passing
the information to colleagues in both Pretoria and Brussels.
CHACON
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/E (MARIA BEYZEROV)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2019
TAGS: PGOV SP SZ NO MA AROC EAID
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS AU EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR
REF: STATE 35809
Classified By: ADCM William H. Duncan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Director
General for Subsaharan Africa Guillermo Lopez Mac-Lellan
April 14. Mac-Lellan said that the GOS completely agrees
that elections in Madagascar should occur as soon as
practicable and supports the African Union's (AU) efforts and
statements on the coup. Mac-Lellan's office has requested
specific numbers regarding aid to Madagascar from the Spanish
Development Agency (AECID); he estimates the amount of aid,
targeting the fishing sector, to be "extremely minor." Spain
has no formal financial alliance with Madagascar, he
explained, but because Spanish fleets in the Indian Ocean use
the country as an operational base, continued assistance
(albeit minor) may continue. Mac-Lellan added that the USG
position on suspending assistance is well-noted and confirmed
France's insistance in continuing pre-coup assistance
programs. Spain will send a delegate from Pretoria to attend
the April 16 dialogue, and Mac-Lellan committed to passing
the information to colleagues in both Pretoria and Brussels.
CHACON