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### Viewing cable 07WELLINGTON227, PM Clark Says Visit to Washington is about Cooperation,

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07WELLINGTON227 | 2007-03-14 05:39 | 2011-04-28 00:00 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy Wellington

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    VZCZCXRO4584
    RR RUEHNZ
    DE RUEHWL #0227/01 0730539
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    R 140539Z MAR 07
    FM AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4033
    INFO RUEHNZ/AMCONSUL AUCKLAND 1244

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 WELLINGTON 000227

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS, SENSITIVE

    STATE FOR EAP/FO-GLYN DAVIES, EAP/PD-AGRIMES, EAP/P-K BAILES,
    EAP/ANP-DRICCI

    E.O. 12985: N/A
    TAGS: PREL PGOV NZ
    SUBJECT:  PM Clark Says Visit to Washington is about Cooperation,
    not Criticism

    ¶1.  (SBU) SUMMARY: During Parliamentary Question time on Wednesday,
    March 14, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was bombarded with
    questions (from Parliamentary friends and foes) regarding her
    upcoming visit to Washington. Clark was asked about Climate Change,
    the US Human Rights record at Guantanamo Bay and whether she would
    raise Iraq in her meeting with the President. The Prime Minister and
    Foreign Minister also took the opportunity to make a couple of
    general, positive observations about the trip and state the PM's
    intention to "focus on progressing areas for cooperation." END
    SUMMARY.

    Climate Change - The President is Engaged
    -----------------------------------------

    ¶2.  (U) The Prime Minister fielded multiple questions (from the
    Greens and from Minister Peters' Party, NZ First) about whether she
    would discuss Climate Change with the President. Here is our edited
    version of the PM's comments from the official transcript.

    I am perfectly happy to advise the President of what New Zealand is
    doing with its aspirations to be truly sustainable and carbon
    neutral in time. I would observe that the President contributed
    fully to a discussion at APEC around issues of better energy
    efficiency, more energy security, and investing in the sorts of
    technologies that would be helpful over time.

    As I said I have participated in a discussion around these issues in
    a forum with the President present and fully participating. It is my
    belief and it is the Government's view that we do need the major
    emitters on board to make a real difference, and that our
    contribution, although of course important to us because we want to
    be seen as a good international citizen-and to be one-is critical. I
    am mindful that even a large industrial economy such as the British
    one contributes only around 2 percent of global greenhouse gas
    emissions, and so we really are looking over time for the United
    States, China, India, and other large economies with a lot of
    emissions to come in.

    Criticizing U.S. Human Rights is a "Two-edged Sword"
    --------------------------------------------- -------

    ¶3.  (U) Asked by several MP's whether she would raise Human
    Rights/Guantanamo Bay Clark described the issue of Human Rights as a
    two-edged sword. She noted the recent release of the State
    Departments' Human Rights' Report-instead of taking issue with its
    findings she used it to her advantage.

    I have participated in discussions involving President Bush around
    energy, security, and climate change in APEC within the last 4
    months, and I would observe that raising human rights issues is a
    two-edged sword.

    It is not on my agenda to raise issues of that kind with the
    President. As I have already observed, raising human rights issues
    is a two-edged sword.

    It is the practice of the US State Department to issue each year a
    report on human rights practices in other countries. The one for New
    Zealand, released just recently, drew attention to the level of
    violence against women. It drew attention to the poor socio-economic
    status of indigenous people, to attacks on Jewish cemeteries in our
    country, and to other issues. I observe that once one opens up
    issues, then the comeback could be interesting.

    I am sure that if New Zealand had had detainees at Guantanamo Bay,
    as other friendly countries such as Australia or the United Kingdom
    have had, the issue of Guantanamo Bay would be on my agenda. It is
    not because we have not.

    Iraq not on the Agenda
    ----------------------

    ¶4.  (U) In answer to questions on Iraq and what she would say to the
    President on Iraq the Prime Minister repeatedly said it was not on
    her agenda. In response to the first question of the day the Prime
    Minister said, "I have made it clear that Iraq is not on my agenda
    to raise." She stuck to her line when the subject was raised by the
    National party:  "I refer the member to the first answer that I gave
    when I said that Iraq was not on my agenda to raise."

    Focus on Common-sense Cooperation
    ---------------------------------

    ¶5.  (U) On a more general note the Prime Minister Clark stressed
    that, "The time for such meetings is always limited, and my
    intention is to focus on progressing areas for cooperation".
    Minister Peters' made a comment (disguised as a question) that "when
    one spends all one's time criticising one's host, the opportunity
    for the host to have any regard for one's views is severely limited"

    WELLINGTON 00000227  002 OF 002

    and the Prime Minister described this as a "highly common-sense
    observation."

    ¶6. (SBU) Comment. One noteworthy aspect of today's question time was
    the silence of the major opposition National Party. Separately, they
    told DCM and POL/ECON Counsellor that they considered it
    inappropriate to trivialize the PM's upcoming trip by politicizing
    it. Today's exchanges reminded us of a number of incidents in recent
    months, which we have reported, in which PM Clark has made it clear
    that she will not engage in verbal sparring with the U.S. Even when
    offered almost every hot-button issue, she has steadfastly insisted
    that she will focus on cooperation.

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