US embassy cable - 05THEHAGUE1176

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001176 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ELA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/02/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, KPAO, LE, SY, NL 
SUBJECT: SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. 
POSITION 
 
REF: A. STATE 78006 
 
     B. THE HAGUE 706 
     C. THE HAGUE 559 
     D. THE HAGUE 423 
     E. THE HAGUE 164 
     F. 04 THE HAGUE 3083 
     G. 04 THE HAGUE 2831 
 
Classified By: ECONOMIC COUNSELOR RICHARD HUFF, 
FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 
 
1.  (C)  On April 28, Post conveyed ref A points to Angelique 
Eijpe, Policy Officer for Syria, Directorate for North Africa 
and Middle East Affairs, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
Post followed up the next day with Eijpe, who said that the 
GONL shares the U.S. view on the need to maintain pressure on 
Syria to ensure full compliance with UNSCR 1559 and generally 
supports the points raised in ref A.  Eijpe noted the request 
for election monitors and financial support to ensure free 
and fair elections, but made no commitments.  However, she 
said that the request had been forwarded for consideration at 
a more senior level. 
 
2.  (C)  On support for designation of Hizballah within the 
EU Clearinghouse process, Eijpe commented that many EU member 
states were still struggling with the issue of how to deal 
with the military and political branches of the organization 
and the possible ramifications of a designation on progress 
in the Middle East peace process.  (NOTE:  The Netherlands 
continues to push for designation of both the military and 
political branches of Hizballah within the EU Clearinghouse 
process.  See refs B-G for additional reporting.  END NOTE.) 
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