ID

141751

Etiquetas

PREL, PHUM, KISL, UN, SP

Fecha

2008-02-15 17:44:00

RefID

08MADRID175

Origen

Embassy Madrid

Clasificación

CONFIDENTIAL

Destino

07MADRID2046

07MADRID2295

07STATE171224

08MADRID52

08STATE4482

Encabezado

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DE RUEHMD #0175 0461744

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P 151744Z FEB 08

FM AMEMBASSY MADRID

TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4278

INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY

RUCNISL/ISLAMIC COLLECTIVE PRIORITY

RUEHLA/AMCONSUL BARCELONA PRIORITY 3302

RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0413

Contenido

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000175

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

@ELIMINADO@

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/15/2018

TAGS: PREL, PHUM, KISL, UN, SP

SUBJECT: SPANISH POLDIR REQUESTS FULFILLMENT OF AOC

COMMITMENT

REF: A. MADRID 52

B. STATE 4482

C. 2007 STATE 171224

D. 2007 MADRID 2295

E. 2007 MADRID 2046

Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

(C) During a February 13 meeting on an unrelated topic,

Spanish Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told the Charge

that he felt obliged to again state Spain's great

disappointment over the USG's inability to fulfill its

commitment to the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) and lack of

high-level participation at the First Forum in Madrid in

January (refs A-C). He noted that Spain had contributed to

the BMENA/MEPI Foundation for the Future almost three years

ago under the understanding and gentleman,s agreement that

the U.S. would be able in some way to support the Alliance of

Civilizations. He said that U.S. inability to keep its word

two years later had left a bad taste within the GOS, adding

that the Spanish have always perceived the U.S. to be

"straight shooters," but not in this case. He said that the

First Forum in Madrid was a largely successful event and that

the Alliance had certain possibilities to make progress on

issues of great concern to the U.S. He said that the AoC was

the most high-profile international effort to address these

concerns, and the U.S. should want to be a part of it.

Noting U.S. concerns about the initiative, Dezcallar said

that the period of time in which this initiative was in

development should have been sufficient to allow for a

minimum of political confidence and trust in Spain and Turkey

to manage the AoC properly. Dezcallar repeated the GOS

request that the U.S. fulfill its commitment in the shortest

possible term. The Charge acknowledged GOS concerns,

reiterated our intent to fulfill the commitment, and

undertook to pursue the issue while in Washington later this

month.

AGUIRRE;"