Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NICOSIA270
2009-04-16 12:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRUS: EU'S BURMA POLICY FOCUSED, CONSISTENT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 000270
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, EAP/MLS LAURA SCHEIBE. NSC FOR
ELIZABETH PHU.
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/16/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ETRD ASEAN BM CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS: EU'S BURMA POLICY FOCUSED, CONSISTENT
REF: SECSTATE 33547
Classified By: DCM Jonathan Cohen, Reasons 1.4(b),(d)
(C) On April 16, Poloff delivered reftel points on Burma to
MFA Asia Desk Officer Sevak Avedissian. Avedissian welcomed
our update and stated that he anticipated no immediate change
in the EU's policy towards Burma. The EU will almost
certainly roll over the Common Position on Burma without any
substantive changes at the April 27-28 GAERC, as relaxing
sanctions would send the wrong message at this time and could
be viewed as a point of weakness by the GOB. Avedissian
shared that EU Special Envoy Fassino, at the recent Prague
Summit, reported little concrete progress by the Burmese
regime towards human rights and democracy. The cancellation
of the ASEAN Pattaya summit was unfortunate, Avedessian
noted, since Burma surely would have been discussed; he was
optimistic that the issue would be raised at the upcoming
ASEAN-EU Foreign Ministers meeting in May.
Urbancic
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, EAP/MLS LAURA SCHEIBE. NSC FOR
ELIZABETH PHU.
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/16/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ETRD ASEAN BM CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS: EU'S BURMA POLICY FOCUSED, CONSISTENT
REF: SECSTATE 33547
Classified By: DCM Jonathan Cohen, Reasons 1.4(b),(d)
(C) On April 16, Poloff delivered reftel points on Burma to
MFA Asia Desk Officer Sevak Avedissian. Avedissian welcomed
our update and stated that he anticipated no immediate change
in the EU's policy towards Burma. The EU will almost
certainly roll over the Common Position on Burma without any
substantive changes at the April 27-28 GAERC, as relaxing
sanctions would send the wrong message at this time and could
be viewed as a point of weakness by the GOB. Avedissian
shared that EU Special Envoy Fassino, at the recent Prague
Summit, reported little concrete progress by the Burmese
regime towards human rights and democracy. The cancellation
of the ASEAN Pattaya summit was unfortunate, Avedessian
noted, since Burma surely would have been discussed; he was
optimistic that the issue would be raised at the upcoming
ASEAN-EU Foreign Ministers meeting in May.
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