Cablegate: Czechs Say Not to Worry: Asem Will Focus On
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SUBJECT: CZECHS SAY NOT TO WORRY: ASEM WILL FOCUS ON
BURMESE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
REF: A. STATE 124139
B. HELSINKI 0732
Classified By: Acting Political-Economic Counselor
Karen C. Reider for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Poloff delivered reftel A on July 31 to Czech MFA Asia
Department's Head of the Far East and Pacific Unit Ivana
Grollova. Grollova said the EU decision to permit a lower
level Burmese official to attend ASEM was reached on the
basis of thoughtful discussions among EU ministers (ref B).
Therefore, she believes this consensus decision is not likely
to be reversed. The Czechs supported the decision on the
condition that the EU use the Burmese Foreign Minister's
attendance at ASEM as an opportunity to have substantive
discussions on human rights violations in Burma. Grollova
said the Czechs are also pressing for an EU-sponsored
resolution on Burmese human rights abuses at UNGA.
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