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249881 2/22/2010 10:03 10BUCHAREST91 Embassy Bucharest CONFIDENTIAL 10SECSTATE13969 VZCZCXRO9535 RR RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHNP RUEHROV RUEHSL RUEHSR DE RUEHBM #0091 0531003 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 221003Z FEB 10 FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0334 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000091
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2020 TAGS: PREL, PARM, CH, RO SUBJECT: ROMANIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA
REF: SECSTATE 13969
Classified By: DCM JERI GUTHRIE-CORN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) and (D).
(C) POLOFF delivered REF Demarche to Christian Olimid, Director of EU External Relations on February 19. Olimid said that, while some European voices, specifically the Spanish Ambassador to China, Carlos Blasco Villa, have spoken out of turn with calls to end the EU arms embargo, the consensus within the EU continues to support the Embargo. he said that Romania has no plans to change their position on the subject. GUTHRIE-CORN