Wikileaks - XLVIII

Friday, 02 September, Year 3 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu
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    STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - SILKWORTH

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2016
    TAGS: PREL, UNSC, RO
    SUBJECT: ROMANIA TO VOTE FOR GUATEMALA VICE VENEZUELA IN
    THE 2006 ELECTION FOR NON-PERMANENT SEAT ON THE UN SECURITY
    COUNCIL

    REF: SECSTATE 20173

    Classified By: Ambassador Nicholas Taubman for Reasons 1.4 B and D

(C) DCM delivered reftel demarche during a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on February 15. Baconschi nodded general agreement with the difficulties of having an obstructionist Venezuela on the Security Council and said \"Okay, I got your message.\" Later in the conversation, Baconschi returned to the subject to offer a positive reply before giving a negative answer on another topic. In the first part of that reply, he said Romania would have \"no difficulty supporting Guatemala\" in the upcoming vote.
TAUBMAN

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