US embassy cable - 04MADRID3937

Disclaimer: This site has been first put up 15 years ago. Since then I would probably do a couple things differently, but because I've noticed this site had been linked from news outlets, PhD theses and peer rewieved papers and because I really hate the concept of "digital dark age" I've decided to put it back up. There's no chance it can produce any harm now.

SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR NORTH CYPRUS

Identifier: 04MADRID3937
Wikileaks: View 04MADRID3937 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Madrid
Created: 2004-10-07 14:40:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: ECIN PREL EU TU CY SP
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 003937 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2014 
TAGS: ECIN, PREL, EU, TU, CY, SP 
SUBJECT: SPAIN: APPROACH TO EU MEMBERS ON AID, TRADE FOR 
NORTH CYPRUS 
 
REF: SECSTATE 209905 
 
Classified By: Economic Counselor Whitney Baird for reasons 1.2 (b) and 
 (d) 
 
We delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Deputy Director for EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora 
Benavente.  Mora Benavente said that Spain is highly 
supportive of extending trade concessions and financial 
assistance to the Turkish Cypriots.  However, he noted that 
in the recent EU meetings on this issue, Greece and Cyprus 
opposed allowing EU trade relations with North Cyprus, a 
change requiring unanimous consent.  Mora Benavente noted 
that the current EU goal is to extend economic aid as soon as 
possible, and then open the door to trade considerations when 
the Greeks and Greek Cypriots are willing.  Spain will 
support the $259 million Euro aid package when it comes to a 
vote.  E.U. assistance to North Cyprus does not require 
unanimous consent and Mora Benavente expects the aid package 
to be approved. 
ARGYROS 

Latest source of this page is cablebrowser-2, released 2011-10-04