DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI

C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002065 SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/UNP - MICHAEL GARUCKIS, EUR/RUS - KATHLEEN SZPILA, EAP/CM - DAN KRITENBRINK E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2029 TAGS: PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS CH SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRST ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI REF: STATE 083603 Classified By: A/Political Minister Counselor David Kostelancik. Reason: 1.4 (b),(d). ¶1. (C) On August 12, CDA conveyed to Igor Neverov, Director North America Department and Acting Deputy Minister, reftel points urging GOR cooperation on a UN Security Council Presidential Statement. Neverov stated that the U.S. and Russian delegations would likely discuss the issue in New York. He indicated that he would pass our request to Deputy Minister Aleksey Borodavkin. ¶2. (C) Additionally, our British and French counterparts told us they jointly demarched Gennadiy Gatilov, Director, International Organizations Department, on this topic. Gatilov claimed that this was a domestic matter and the Security Council should not be involved. He believed a Presidential Statement would be inappropriate. Gatilov indicated that the GOR would make a press statement closer in content to those released by the PRC and African countries. RUBIN