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Viewing cable 07CARACAS1942, BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM REAFFIRMS GOB

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07CARACAS1942 2007-10-01 18:57 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Caracas 
VZCZCXRO3607
RR RUEHAO RUEHCD RUEHGA RUEHGD RUEHGR RUEHHA RUEHHO RUEHMC RUEHNG
RUEHNL RUEHQU RUEHRD RUEHRG RUEHRS RUEHTM RUEHVC
DE RUEHCV #1942 2741857
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011857Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9839
INFO RUEHWH/WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0929
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY
RUMIAAA/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
 
UNCLAS CARACAS 001942 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON PGOV KIPR VE
SUBJECT: BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM REAFFIRMS GOB 
SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR ACCESSION 
 
REF: A. CARACAS 1518 
     B. BRASILIA 1865 
 
This message is Sensitive but Unclassified, please treat 
accordingly. 
 
1. (SBU) According to local media, on September 29, Brazilian 
Foreign Minister Celso Amorim met with President Chavez and 
Foreign Minister Maduro in Caracas to discuss, inter alia, 
Venezuela's Mercosur accession, the status of the South 
American gas pipeline project, and bilateral cooperation in 
tourism, health, agriculture, the communal economy, and 
trade.  The two sides also stressed the importance of the 
Bank of the South and South American integration, and talked 
about plans for the creation of two jointly-owned refineries 
located in Abreu de Lima, in Northeast Brazil, and the other 
in Venezuela's petroleum-rich Orinoco belt.  The visit was 
billed as a follow up to the September 20 Lula-Chavez meeting 
in Manaus, Brazil. 
 
2. (SBU) During a post-meeting press conference, Amorim 
expressed the GoB's strong support for Venezuela's Mercosur 
accession, explaining, "the accession of Venezuela is very 
important, it will help us create the backbone for the 
integration of South America, and this has always been our 
vision."  On the Brazilian Congress-Chavez spat (Reftel A), 
Amorim explained, "the Brazilian Congress has the autonomy to 
make its own decisions, but the government of President Lula 
was confident that it would decide in favor of Brazil, the 
integration of Latin American, and also Venezuela."  (Note: 
Chavez has sometimes publicly blamed the USG for the delay in 
Venezuela's Mercosur accession.  End Note.)  During his 
September 30 weekly "Alo Presidente" television program, 
Chavez also announced that he would meet with Lula in either 
October or November to discuss generic drug manufacturing and 
the production of HIV/AIDS drugs. 
 
DUDDY