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### Viewing cable 07PARAMARIBO510, C) SUBJECT: BRIEFING INFORMATION FOR OCTOBER 6

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07PARAMARIBO510 | 2007-09-21 19:07 | 2011-01-31 15:03 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Paramaribo

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    FM AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9697
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
    INFO RUCNCOM/EC CARICOM COLLECTIVE
    RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 1494
    RUEHAO/AMCONSUL CURACAO 1172

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 PARAMARIBO 000510

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES FROM AMBASSADOR LISA
    BOBBIE SCHREIBER HUGHES

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2017
    TAGS: PREL PGOV NS
    SUBJECT: (C) SUBJECT: BRIEFING INFORMATION FOR OCTOBER 6
    COURTESY CALL BETWEEN DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES AND
    SURINAMESE PRESIDENT VENETIAAN

    REF: A. REFTELS: (A) PARAMARIBO 501

    ¶B. (B) PARAMARIBO 509

    Classified By: Ambassador LBSH for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

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    Preview
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    ¶1. (C) President Venetiaan has agreed to a short (15 minute)
    courtesy call late in the afternoon of Saturday, October 6,
    immediately following your visit to the USNS Comfort. Venue
    for the meeting will be either the Presidential Palace or the
    President's Cabinet Office, both in Paramaribo. At that same
    venue, and immediately following your courtesy call, we
    propose (and are attempting to confirm with the Office of the
    President) that Venetiaan participate with you in a brief (15
    minute) ceremony to officially close the Comfort mission.
    --------------------------------------------- --------
    President of the Republic of Suriname, H.E. President Runaldo
    Ronald Venetiaan (phonetic: FENEchiyan): a Biography
    --------------------------------------------- --------

    ¶2. (C) Three-term President Venetiaan (1991-1996;
    2000-present) has a relatively long history in Surinamese
    politics. Originally a mathematics professor, he became
    chairman of the National Party of Suriname (NPS) in 1993, and
    was elected a member of the National Assembly in 1996. He is
    married and the father of four grown children. Relations
    between the 71-year-old Venetiaan and Post are cordial, but
    not warm. Nor is the distant Venetiaan an especially popular
    leader with the Surinamese population.

    ¶3. (SBU) Venetiaan is, however, a canny politician whose
    strategy of non-confrontation has enabled him to hold
    together a multi-party governing coalition that is riven with
    infighting yet clings to a 4-seat majority in the 51-seat
    parliament. In Suriname's Dutch-model consociational
    politics, parties laboriously reach consensus with the goal
    of dividing up available resources, ministries,
    ambassadorships, and other spoils of power, and delivering
    them to their (often ethnically-based) constituencies.

    --------------------------------------------- -----
    Background Information and Issues: Gates/Venetiaan Courtesy
    Call
    --------------------------------------------- -----

    (SBU)

    ¶4. Issue 1: Despite biases to the contrary, Suriname should
    consider the United States a strong partner.

    Background Information: President Venetiaan's north-south
    bias with respect to the United States is evident in his
    public statements. In August 2007, media reported
    Venetiaan's comments that in the post-Cold War period the
    United Nations has had a difficult time realizing its goals
    because the United States has a monopoly on power and
    determines the fate of the rest of the world. In June
    2007, Venetiaan was the only CARICOM Head of State or
    Government to decline an invitation to meet President Bush
    during the Conference on the Caribbean in Washington. The
    reason: Conference timing conflicted with his birthday.

    The President is enthusiastic about regional integration and
    Suriname has shown a tendency to downplay relations with the
    United States and Europe in favor of ties with CARICOM, Cuba,
    and Venezuela (and also outside of the region with China,
    India, and Indonesia). He met with Hugo Chavez on his return
    trip from the 2006 UN General Assembly and called him our
    brother when I presented my credentials to him in September
    ¶2006. Despite Venetiaan's biases, he should recognize that
    the United States is committed to Suriname, and to the
    region. The USNS Comfort, ongoing IMET and past FMF support,
    MEDRETES, and New Horizons provide tangible evidence of our
    value as a partner.

    ¶5. (U) Issue 2: The United States has demonstrated its
    commitment to work with Suriname as it further
    professionalizes its armed forces, and strengthens
    civil-military relations, democracy, and the rule of law.

    PARAMARIBO 00000510 002 OF 002

    Background Information: Through the United States Southern
    Command (SouthCom), Suriname's Ministry of Defense (MOD) and
    its armed forces have developed a strong, multifaceted
    partnership that, through example, has helped Suriname on the
    road to stronger civil-military relations and a more
    professional military. This in turn is critical to the
    furtherance of democracy and the rule of law in Suriname
    where, since military rule ended in 1992, there has been a
    strained relationship between the civilian government and the
    armed forces. Venetiaan likely harbors some residual
    antipathy towards the military due to his imprisonment and
    alleged mistreatment under the regime of former military
    strongman (and current member of parliament) Desi Bouterse.

    --------------
    Talking Points
    --------------

    -- Appreciate your flexibility in agreeing to meet on a
    Saturday afternoon.

    -- Pleased to have this opportunity to visit your country
    while the USNS Comfort is here to provide medical services to
    the people of Suriname.

    -- Thank you for the support that your government, and in
    particular your Ministries of Defense and Health, have given
    to the Comfort mission.

    -- Understand that Surinamers and Americans have worked
    closely throughout this entire process so that the Comfort's
    visit would be a true benefit for the people of Suriname.

    -- Hope that you see the Comfort as the latest in a long
    list of United States programs which demonstrate support and
    friendship from the people and government of the United
    States to the people and government of Suriname.

    -- Certainly that was the intent of President Bush when he
    sent the Comfort and its doctors and nurses to this region.

    -- As you are doubtless aware, our United States Southern
    Command has a strong, multifaceted relationship with your
    Ministry of Defense and armed forces which includes
    humanitarian as well as military aid.

    -- We are strongly committed to working with our partners in
    the region to further professionalize their armed forces
    while also strengthening civil-military relations.

    -- Speaking of regional issues, I would be interested in your
    views, as President, on the recent decision by the ILOS
    regarding the maritime border.

    -- Thank you again for taking the time to receive me.
    SCHREIBER HUGHES

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