US embassy cable - 05THEHAGUE3088

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NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU GENDARMERIE IN HAITI

Identifier: 05THEHAGUE3088
Wikileaks: View 05THEHAGUE3088 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2005-11-15 15:38:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL MARR NL EUN
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.

151538Z Nov 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003088 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2015 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, NL, EUN 
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU 
GENDARMERIE IN HAITI 
 
REF: SECSTATE 206172 
 
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d). 
 
 1. (C) On November 11, Charge delivered reftel points to 
Marnix Krop (Director-General for European Cooperation, MFA). 
 On November 14, POLOFF followed up with Hester Jongman 
(Policy Officer, Civil-Military Affairs, MFA).  Jongman 
welcomed the points, but was skeptical that an European 
Gendarmerie Force (EGF) would be deployed in time to support 
Haitian elections in December.  She did not anticipate the 
EGF would be operational before mid-2006. 
 
2. (C) Time constraints notwithstanding, the Dutch consider 
the EGF's role as a military force under the ambit of the EU 
to be one played primarily in the European theater.  Jongman 
explained that the Dutch hope to see the EGF address issues 
closer to Brussels before turning its focus outside Europe. 
The Dutch see Kosovo as the EGF's first priority. 
BLAKEMAN 

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