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UNCLAS MADRID 003648 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR AND NEA; NSC FOR ANSLEY; SECDEF FOR OSD/ISP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL IZ SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN:  MFA STATEMENT ON IRAQ REFERENDUM 
 
REF: STATE 189909 
 
¶1.  The Spanish Foreign Ministry issued a statement Oct. 17 
praising the Iraq referendum.  When Polcouns thanked MFA DG 
for Middle East Iranzo for the statement, Iranzo was grateful 
we had noted the statement and said that, regarding Iraq, 
Spain was now looking only "toward the future."  Informal 
English translation of the text of the statement below. 
 
¶2.  Begin informal translation of Spanish MFA Statement on 
Iraq referendum: 
 
The Spanish government is gratified at the celebration, 
without serious incidents and with wide popular 
participation, of the Constitutional Referendum which took 
place October 15 in Iraq. 
 
Provisional vote estimates indicate majority support for the 
approval of the constitutional text, which would permit the 
forward advancement of the normalization of the Iraqi 
political process, as determined in UN Security Council 
Resolution 1546, and supported by the international community. 
 
The Spanish government is confident that the political 
transition in Iraq will continue its development in 
accordance with the calendar as planned, which includes 
legislative elections in the short term.  In this regard it 
(the government of Spain) hopes that efforts will continue to 
fully incorporate all of the political forces represented in 
the country in the effort to build a sovereign, democratic, 
peaceful, united and prosperous Iraq.   End text. 
AGUIRRE