US embassy cable - 05PARIS6442

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Identifier:	05PARIS6442
Wikileaks:	View 05PARIS6442 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Paris
Created:	2005-09-21 15:52:00
Classification:	CONFIDENTIAL
Tags:	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO FR
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 006442 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2014 
TAGS: PGOV, KTFN, PREL, PTER, CO, FR 
SUBJECT: FRENCH SUPPORT LISTING LTTE BUT WARY OF "TIMING" 
 
REF: STATE 172115 
 
Classified By: POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR JOSIAH ROSENBLATT, FOR REAS 
ONS 1.4 B/D 
 
1. (C) On September 20, we delivered reftel demarche 
encouraging an EU listing of the LTTE as a terrorist 
organization to Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer 
for counter-terrorism.  Deruffe said the French inter-agency 
process had concluded that LTTE met EU criteria for being 
listed as a terrorist organization.  Furthermore, he said 
that the EU process for listing gained steam after the 
assassination of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister. 
Nevertheless, the GOF wanted to respect current mediation 
efforts, said Deruffe, and wanted to make sure that listing 
LTTE would be a positive step and not one that might harm 
these efforts.  Therefore, it wanted to ensure that any EU 
listing of LTTE made sense from a standpoint of timing. 
 
2. (C) We also delivered reftel demarche to Regis Pelissier, 
office director for International Finance Systems at the 
Finance Ministry.  Pelissier had no substantive comment. 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
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