US embassy cable - 05THEHAGUE3306

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NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER RUSSIAN NGO LAW

Identifier: 05THEHAGUE3306
Wikileaks: View 05THEHAGUE3306 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2005-12-12 14:39:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PGOV PHUM PREL RU NL
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
VZCZCXRO1977
OO RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHTC #3306 3461439
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 121439Z DEC 05
FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4334
INFO RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 1631
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 5030
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 1683
RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE PRIORITY 0415
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003306 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/12/2015 
TAGS: PGOV, PHUM, PREL, RU, NL 
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER 
RUSSIAN NGO LAW 
 
REF: SECSTATE 222292 
 
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) The Dutch share U.S. concern about the draft NGO law 
before the Russian Duma and have taken steps similar to those 
put forward reftel.  On December 9, Joris Geeven (Senior 
Policy Officer, Human Rights Division, MFA) told poloff in 
response to reftel demarche that the Dutch formally expressed 
their concerns last week to the leader of the Russian 
delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of 
Europe, Konstantin Kosachev.  The Dutch also presented a 
non-paper to Kosachev articulating Dutch NGO law similar the 
non-paper provided reftel. At poloff's request, Geeven 
provided a copy of the non-paper on December 12; post has 
forwarded the paper to EUR/UBI. 
 
BLAKEMAN 

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