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### Viewing cable 04BUENOSAIRES3067, AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM BIELSA

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04BUENOSAIRES3067 | 2004-11-01 17:02 | 2011-04-10 00:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Buenos Aires
Appears in these articles: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1364384-el-temor-oculto-del-gobierno-a-nuevos-actos-terroristas

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 BUENOS AIRES 003067

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2014
    TAGS: PHUM PREL AR UNSC MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR
    SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM BIELSA

    REF: A. STATE 223883

              ¶B. BUENOS AIRES 3041
         ¶C. STATE 232102

    Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)

    ¶1. (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez met October 29 with
    Foreign Minister Bielsa to deliver a letter from Secretary
    Powell congratulating Argentina on its selection to the UN
    Security Council and to review other bilateral and regional
    issues.  The Ambassador expressed his satisfaction with the
    strong state of bilateral ties and reiterated our continued
    support for strengthening democracy and strong economic
    growth in Argentina.  The Ambassador also expressed
    appreciation for Argentina's leadership role in Haiti and in
    support of constitutional democracy in Bolivia.  FM Bielsa
    said Argentina was committed to Haiti for the long haul and
    is considering sending additional troops.  He said Haiti
    would be a priority for Argentina when it assumes its seat on
    the UNSC.  On Venezuela, Bielsa believed the situation had
    improved since the referendum, but noted he was still
    concerned with Chavez's rhetoric and was closely monitoring
    proposals to restrict the freedom of NGO's.  On Cuba, Bielsa
    said relations with the Castro regime had become distinctly
    cooler recently as a result of the government's refusal to
    grant a travel permit to Dr. Molina to visit her family in
    Argentina.  He said that if Senator (First Lady) Cristina
    Kirchner did visit Cuba next year, she planned to meet with
    the wives of the jailed dissidents (Panuelos Blancos).
    However, he doubted the visit would happen since he expected
    the Castro government would not permit the meeting with the
    dissidents.  The FM expressed his hope that a meeting with
    Secretary Powell would prove possible in December.  End

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    Summary.

    ¶2.  (C) Ambassador Gutierrez met October 29 with Foreign
    Minister Raphael Bielsa to convey the letter from the
    Secretary Powell congratulating Argentina on its selection to

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    the United Nations Security Council (reftel A).  The
    Ambassador, who was accompanied by the DCM and POLCOUNS, also
    took the opportunity to review a wide range of bilateral and
    regional issues of mutual concern.  The MFA Director for
    North American Affairs, Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil also
    sat in on the meeting.  On delivering the letter, the
    Ambassador stated we looked forward to working closely
    Argentina on the Security Council and that we would be
    contacting them soon, both here and with their Mission in New
    York, to arrange for working level consultations on the range
    of key issues facing the Council, especially security issues
    such as counterterrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

    ¶3.  (C) FM Bielsa assured the Ambassador of his willingness
    to cooperate closely with us on Security Council matters.
    Bielsa then said ""speaking of the Security Council,"" that for
    Argentina, the situation in Haiti would be one of their top
    priorities when they assumed their seat in January.  Bielsa
    (who recently returned from a visit to Haiti) said Argentina
    was fully committed to Haiti for the ""long haul"" and that
    this commitment included sending additional Argentine troops
    to the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti.  Bielsa said
    MINUSTAH was ""only the beginning"" of what needed to be a
    concerted effort by the international community to develop a
    comprehensive strategic plan to assist in Haiti's
    reconstruction.  He said there was an urgent need for ""clear
    politics, sound management, money and more people"" if the
    international effort in Haiti were to succeed.  He said the
    GOA was preparing papers on its thinking on Haiti and would
    forward them to us.

    ¶4.  (C) Reflecting on his recent visit to Haiti, Bielsa said
    the situation was very worrying and very complex.  He
    stressed the need to take preventative measures against
    violence which he believed originated from many sectors, both
    political and criminal.  The situation was exacerbated he
    said by the total breakdown of capacity within the country.
    What little infrastructure that remained was rendered useless
    by the lack of maintenance.  He described the actions of
    Argentine troops in Haiti as ""heroic"" noting that medical
    staff had treated over 3,000 patients since their arrival.
    Bielsa said the deployment of Argentine troops to Haiti had
    been unpopular domestically and that the government had been
    accused of being the ""Marines of the U.S."" but that it was
    important for Argentina to act responsibly and in concert
    with its neighbors on hemispheric issues.  The Ambassador
    reiterated the thanks both President Bush and Secretary
    Powell had expressed to the GOA for their assistance in Haiti
    and stressed that this was an important example of what we
    can accomplish together regionally.

    ¶5.  (C) The Ambassador said our bilateral relations with
    Argentina in general, and on specific issues in particular,
    were strong.  He assured Bielsa of continued USG support for
    the strengthening of democracy and for strong economic growth
    in Argentina noting we were watching closely the ongoing debt
    restructuring efforts.  The Ambassador referred to the recent
    meeting between Assistant Secretary Noreiga and Deputy
    Foreign Minister Taiana in Washington as an example of how we
    were working to increase cooperation between our countries on
    both bilateral and multilateral issues.  The Ambassador also
    welcomed the upcoming visit to Washington by MFA Under
    Secretary for Foreign Policy Roberto Garcia Moritan for the

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    November 22 pol-mil talks as another example of our
    increasing cooperation.  The Ambassador said that the request
    for a meeting between Bielsa and Secretary Powell had been
    submitted but that the schedules for both were already very
    complicated during the proposed December timeframe.
    (Comment: Bielsa quickly indicated his availability during
    the first week of December again demonstrating his keen
    desire for a meeting.)  When asked about the possible
    ramifications of next week's presidential elections, the
    Ambassador underscored the constancy of U.S. strategic
    interests in the region.

    ¶6.  (C) Turning to other regional issues, the Ambassador
    thanked Bielsa for his efforts in supporting the
    constitutional government in Bolivia.  The Ambassador
    underscored our concerns about human rights and the future of
    democracy in Venezuela, noting the DCM had recently met with
    the MFA Under Secretary for Latin American Affairs Dario
    Alessandro to raise the potential arrest warrants for SUMATE
    leaders and the proposed restrictions on foreign funding for
    NGO's supporting human rights (reftel B).  Bielsa responded
    that he believed the situation in Venezuela was better than
    it was before the referendum but that the GOA was closely
    monitoring the NGO situation.  He said that he had sent
    instructions to Argentina's mission in Caracas to maintain
    its dialogue with all segments of Venezuelan society and that
    the GOA would continue to work quietly but firmly behind the
    scenes in support of democracy.  The Ambassador emphasized
    that President Kirchner occupies a special position with
    Chavez and is in a position to exert a very positive
    influence.

    ¶7.  (C) On Cuba, Bielsa said relations with the Castro regime
    had gone into a deep freeze in recent months adding that
    Castro's refusal to grant a travel permit to Cuban scientist
    Hilda Molina and her mother to visit her son and his family
    in Argentina had become a major stumbling block.  He said the
    GOA was doing all it could to secure travel permits for
    Molina and her mother and had difficulty understanding why
    Castro was so opposed.  He added the Molina problem had
    become a ""bottom line, non-negotiable"" issue for the GOA and,
    barring a resolution, made a proposed visit by First Lady
    (and Senator) Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Cuba
    unlikely.  Bielsa said, however, that if the First Lady did
    travel to Cuba, it would be contingent on her being allowed
    to visit with dissident spouses (the so-called ""ladies in
    white"") which he did not think likely.  (Comment:  Bielsa did
    not even mention the possibility of a visit by President
    Kirchner.)

    ¶8.  (C) Turning to security issues, Bielsa asked the
    Ambassador how the GOA was doing in cooperating with the U.S.
    on border security in the Tri-border region.  The Ambassador
    said we had received excellent cooperation from all branches
    of the Argentinean security services.  Bielsa commented that
    there were different views of the problems in the Tri-border
    region reflecting the different optics of those concerned,
    e.g. the tourism, commercial and security sectors.  However,
    Bielsa stressed that the GOA was ""very attentive"" to our
    security concerns in the Tri-border area.
    ¶9.  (C) On other security issues, the Ambassador informed
    Bielsa of the invitation to observe multilateral maritime
    exercises in support of the President's Proliferation
    Security Initiative in Key West, Florida in November (reftel
    C).  He thanked Bielsa for his previous support of the PSI.
    Bielsa thanked the Ambassador for the invitation to send
    observers calling it ""fantastic.""

    ¶10.  (C) Comment:  Bielsa was positive and forthcoming on all
    the issues we raised with him.  Of particular import was his
    unequivocal statement that Argentina would be in Haiti for
    the long haul and is considering sending additional troops.
    Also of considerable interest were Bielsa's comments on the
    cooling relationship with Cuba.  His commitment that a
    potential visit by the First Lady to Cuba was contingent on
    Cuba's allowing her to meet with dissidents was especially
    welcome and represented new policy ground for the GOA.

    ¶11.  (C) The conversation with Bielsa demonstrated clearly
    that the GOA is prepared to move forward in a substantive
    manner on increased cooperation with the U.S. as set forth in
    the proposed action agenda discussed recently in the meeting
    between Assistant Secretary Noreiga and Deputy Secretary
    Taiana.  Bielsa's eagerness to meet with the Secretary also
    is a strong indication of his desire to move our bilateral
    cooperation to a new level.  End Comment.

    GUTIERREZ

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