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P 141421Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0723
INFO RUEHXD/MOSCOW POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 0203
RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA PRIORITY 0034

C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 001433 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2016 
TAGS: PREL PGOV UN UNSC GT VE RS
SUBJECT: MOSCOW DEFERS TO GRULAC CONSENSUS ON NEXT UNSC REP 
 
REF: STATE 20173 
 
Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns.  Reasons: 1.4(B/D). 
 
(C)  The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to DFM Sergey 
Kislyak on February 8.  Poloff double-tracked the same points 
with MFA UN Political Affairs Section Chief Vladimir 
Safronkov.  Kislyak noted that the GOR had already been 
approached by both Venezuela and Guatemala regarding the 
GRULAC's 2007-2008 UNSC representation.  The Russian 
position, Kislyak said, is generally to support the regional 
group's consensus candidate.  Safronkov echoed the same view 
and added that the MFA had referred both countries back to 
their regional group without expressing support for either. 
 
BURNS