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UNCLAS LIMA 001303 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
SUBJECT: PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION 
 
REF: A. STATE 45355 
     ¶B. LIMA 1052 (AND PREVIOUS) 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 
 
¶1.  (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo, 
MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN 
Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future 
because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and 
China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent 
members.  Moreover, in the GOP's view Serbia's continued 
opposition to the Ahtisaari proposal means that any UNSC 
action now would lack essential buy-in from both parties, be 
seen as "imposed from above," and therefore in the long run 
cause more problems than it would solve.  MFA Director 
General for Multilateral Affairs Ana Rosa Valdivieso told 
polcouns April 10 that Peru believed the Kosovo problem was 
not yet fully ripe for formal UNSC action.  She noted that 
Russia had demarched the GOP at the Vice-Foreign Minister 
level.  Serbia had formally registered its opposition at her 
level, Valdivieso said, and a Serbian delegation led by the 
Foreign Minister was planning to include Peru in its tour of 
UNSC non-permanent member capitals.  She characterized the 
current position of Peru and Panama as somewhere in between 
that of the U.S. and EU on one side, and that of Russia and 
Serbia on the other. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Several significant opportunities exist in the 
short term to nudge Peru into the U.S./EU corner.  By happy 
coincidence, President Alan Garcia is scheduled to meet with 
President Bush in Washington on April 23.  Foreign Minister 
Garcia Belaunde will accompany Garcia.  The Ambassador will 
engage the Foreign Minister on the issue after the FM returns 
to Peru.  Neither President Garcia nor Foreign Minister 
Garcia Belaunde has yet fully engaged on the Kosovo question, 
and Peru's final position will be determined by them. 
Ensuring that President Bush raises Kosovo in his meeting 
with President Garcia is important to signal the emphasis the 
USG gives the matter.  The tentatively scheduled early May 
visit to Peru by Deputy Secretary Negroponte would provide an 
additional face-to-face opportunity to reiterate our position 
and to solicit Peru's support for it. 
 
¶3.  (SBU)  Comment: If Peru is uncomfortable in the absence 
of UNSC consensus, particularly among the P-5, neither does 
it wish to be out-of-snych with the United States and 
European Union on matters affecting international peace and 
security.  In that sense, Peru's position on Kosovo is not 
hard and fast but rather susceptible to our influence and 
that of our European partners. 
STRUBLE