US embassy cable - 04ANKARA6368

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 006368 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/10/2114 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, PHUM, EU, UP, TU 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SECOND ROUND OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTIONS:  TURKEY 
 
REF: A. STATE 240442 
     B. ANKARA 5847 
     C. STATE 220961 
     D. STATE 217357 
 
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY POLITICAL COUNSELOR CHARLES O. BLAH 
A BY E.0. 12958, REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 
 
1.  (C) On November 10 we presented reftel A demarche to 
Turkish MFA Eastern Europe Political Officer Yavuz Evirgen, 
noting that we had demarched the MFA on Ukrainian elections 
as recently as October 14.  Evirgen replied that Turkey had 
sent ten observers, five members of Parliament and five 
Turkish Embassy staffers based in Kiev to the first round of 
elections.  For the second round of elections, the GOT plans 
to send approximately three or four members of Parliament and 
two or three staff members from the Turkish Embassy in Kiev, 
but did not have their names.  Evirgen noted that academics 
would like to participate as observers, but the projected 
cost of $2,050 per person is prohibitively expensive for 
Turkish universities to fund. 
 
2.  (C)  Evirgen confirmed that GOT participation in sending 
a larger delegation of observers to monitor Kosovo elections 
is based in part on protecting the interests of the Turkish 
minority in that country; there is not a similar concern in 
Ukraine. 
EDELMAN