Wikileaks - XLVIII
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"53404","2/17/2006 9:25","06BUCHAREST280","Embassy Bucharest","CONFIDENTIAL","06SECSTATE20173","VZCZCXYZ0013
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R 170925Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3719
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 0019
RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 0075
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0102
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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