US embassy cable - 05LIMA2625

UNCLAS LIMA 002625 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PINS, PE, CI 
SUBJECT: PERU AND CHILE AGREE TO RESUME "TWO PLUS TWO" 
MEETINGS 
 
REF: LIMA 2302 
 
1.  In a press release issued on June 10, Peru's Foreign 
Ministry announced that Peruvian FM Rodriguez and Chilean FM 
Walker had decided to convene a meeting on July 6 of the "2 
plus 2" mechanism, the consultative group made up of the 
Foreign and Defense Ministers of the two countries.  This 
step had been agreed to previously in the Joint Declaration 
(text furnished in reftel) signed by the Foreign Ministers on 
May 22 with reference to the controversy over Chilean arms 
sales to Ecuador during the 1995 Peru-Ecuador border 
conflict.  Scheduling a date for the "2 plus 2" meeting is a 
further indication of the desire of the GOP and the GOC to 
return their relations to a more normal footing. 
 
2.  Embassy's informal translation of the press release 
follows: 
 
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Press Release 255-05 
 
The Foreign Minister of Peru, Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros, and 
of Chile, Ignacio Walker Prieto, decided to convene a meeting 
of the Permanent Committee for Political Consultation and 
Coordination (known as the "2 plus 2" mechanism), for 
Wednesday, July 6, in Lima. 
 
Besides the Foreign Ministers of Peru and Chile, the 
Ministers of Defense of the two countries, Roberto Chiabra 
and Jaime Ravinet, respectively, will also participate in 
this meeting. 
 
Also, the Foreign Ministers confirmed the occurrence of the 
Annual Meeting of the High Military Command Roundtable, which 
will take place in Santiago on Monday, July 4. 
 
These meetings between the high military commands take place 
annually alternating sites between Chile and Peru, the last 
having been located in Lima. 
 
Lima, June 10, 2005 
 
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