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Viewing cable 05ISTANBUL1603, BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS CLEAR U.S. REQUEST FOR

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05ISTANBUL1603 2005-09-20 10:57 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Istanbul 
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
 
UNCLAS ISTANBUL 001603 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECIN ETRD TU PREL
SUBJECT: BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS CLEAR U.S. REQUEST FOR 
OBSERVER STATUS 
 
REF: A. ANKARA 2031 
 
     B. ISTANBUL 645 
     C. ISTANBUL 470 
     D. STATE 43828 
 
1.  (SBU) In separate phone conversations on September 16 and 
September 20, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Secretary 
General Tedo Japaridze and First Deputy Secretary General 
Tugay Ulucevik confirmed to Istanbul P/E Chief that the 
organization's senior officials had agreed in their September 
15 Istanbul meeting to forward to the BSEC Council a 
recommendation for approval of the United States' request for 
observer status.  Senior officials also recommended granting 
observer status to the Czech Republic and Belarus, but did 
not reach consensus on granting such status to the Republic 
of Cyprus.  Per the recommendation, observer status will 
commence on November 1, 2005, for a renewable period of 2 
years. 
 
2.  (SBU)  The BSEC Council meets on September 27 in 
Chisinau.  Both Japaridze and Ulucevik expressed confidence 
that the recommendation will be adopted "without difficulty." 
 
JONES