State Department cable concerning Secretary of State Powell's Meeting with EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. They discussed, Balkins, the Middle East, Yassar Arafat, the Global Coalition Against Terrorism and the issue of the Guantanamo detainees.
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DATE/CASE ID: 26 OCT 2004 200303827
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TAGS: PREL, EUN, NATO, MARR, MK, SR, MW, IS, KPAL, IR,KN
SUBJECT: SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE
JAVIER SOLANA, JANUARY 30, 2002, STATE DEPARTMENT
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(U) JANUARY 30, 2002, 3:30 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE
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(U) PARTICIPANTS
U.S.
THE SECRETARY
WILLIAM BURNS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NEAR EASTERN
AFFAIRS
RICHARD BOUCHER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CHARLES RIES, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS
CRAIG KELLY, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
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MARYRUTH COLEMAN, EUR/ERA NOTETAKER
EUROPEAN UNION
JAVIER SOLANA, HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR COMMON FOREIGN AND
SECURITY POLICY
JIM CLOOS, DIRECTOR FOR TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS, EUROPEAN
COUNCIL
LEONARDO SCHIAVO, DEPUTY HEAD OF SOLANA'S CABINET
CHRISTINA GALLACH, PRESS SPOKESPERSON FOR SOLANA
3. (C) SUMMARY: THE SECRETARY MET EU HIGH REPRESENTATIVE SOLANA FOR ONE HOUR ON JANUARY 29 AND DISCUSSED THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND, BRIEFLY, THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM AND THE ISSUE OF THE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES. ON THE BALKANS, SOLANA1
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I ON THE MIDDLE
EAST, THE SECRETARY UNDERSCORED U.S. DISSATISFACTION WITH
ARAFAT'S FAILURE TO REDUCE THE VIOLENCE AND DEAL WITH THE
KARINE A AFFAIR. SOLANA'
THE SECRETARY STRESSED THAT THE
GUANTANAMO DETAINEES ARE NOT PRISONERS OF WAR AND THAT
THEY ARE BEING TREATED WELL. END SUMMARY.
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4 . (C) SOLANA OPENED WITH A DISCUSSION OF MACEDONIA/
(C) SOLANA NEXT RAISED KOSOVO,
THE SECRETARY SAID/
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6. (C) ON MONTENEGRO, SOLANA DESCRIBED/
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MIDDLE EAST
7. (C) THE SECRETARY UNDERSCORED THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE
U.S. HAS ENGAGED IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO BRING THE PARTIES
TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. HE RECOUNTED IN DETAIL THE
TOUGH, EXCELLENT WORK OF SENATOR MITCHELL AND SOLANA, THE
EFFORTS OF TENET TO HELP THE PARTIES DEVELOP A STRATEGY
TO GET TO THE MITCHELL PLAN, HIS OWN TRAVEL TO THE REGION
LAST'SUMMER, THE ZINNI MISSIONS TO WORK OUT A SECURITY
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PLAN, AND PRESIDENT BUSH'S UNPRECEDENTED MENTION OF
PALESTINE AT THE UNITED NATIONS. DESPITE ALL THESE
EFFORTS, AND EVEN THOUGH ZINNI MADE REAL PROGRESS IN
GETTING BOTH SIDES TO COMMIT TO A HIGH-LEVEL SECURITY
PLAN, THE BOMBINGS AND THE KARINE A AFFAIR HAVE MADE
MATTERS VERY DIFFICULT.
8. (C) THE SECRETARY ASSERTED' THAT THE U.S. HAD TO
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. (C) SOLANA ASKED'
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(C) SOLANA RAISED A NUMBER OF IDEAS\
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(C) SOLANA ALSO/
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(C) SOLANA'
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13. (C) THE SECRETARY RESPONDED THAT
COUNTERTERRORISM COALITION AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
14. (C) THE SECRETARY SAID HE WANTED TO CLARIFY THE ISSUE
UANTANAMO DETAINEES. HE EMPHASIZED THAT DESPITE
PRESS REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY, THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT
WITHIN THE USG ON THE STATUS OF THE DETAINEES -- THEY ARE
NOT PRISONERS OF WAR. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER TO USE THE
LENS OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION. HE STRESSED THAT WE ARE
TREATING THE DETAINEES WELL, AND WE ARE NOT SYMPATHETIC TO
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EUROPEAN ACCUSATIONS THAT WE ARE NOT. SOLANA
15. (C) THE SECRETARY ADVISED SOLANA TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT
THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, AND NOTED THAT
THE PART ON UNIVERSAL RIGHTS AND VALUES IN PARTICULAR
CLOSELY REFLECTS THE PRESIDENT'S THINKING. WHILE THE
SPEECH FOCUSED HEAVILY ON COUNTERTERRORISM, IT ALSO
REFLECTS OUR BROAD ENGAGEMENT IN THE WORLD. THE SECRETARY
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