VZCZCXRO4291
PP RUEHBW RUEHIK RUEHPOD RUEHYG
DE RUEHMD #0452 1130834
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 220834Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY MADRID
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4643
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY 0390
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0640
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID PRIORITY 0048
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 0913
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 1487
RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI PRIORITY 1504
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 0175
RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE PRIORITY 0172

UNCLAS MADRID 000452 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
EUR/RPM FOR PROSEN 
USOSCE FOR DIANA BROWN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF
SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE 
AFGHANISTAN 
 
REF: A. STATE 39820 
 
     ¶B. PARIS 753 
 
(SBU)  The DCM delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA 
Political Director Rafael Dezcallar on April 21.  Dezcallar 
sought to clarify the Spanish position, stating that Spain 
does not oppose an eventual role for the OSCE inside 
Afghanistan, and that indeed such a role would be the ideal 
end result of OSCE involvement.  However, in the immediate 
term, Spain would support initial efforts to develop the 
project outside and along the Afghan borders before putting a 
presence on the ground within Afghanistan.  Dezcallar said 
that the security risks of working in Afghanistan were an 
obvious concern at such an early stage in the project's 
development.  Nevertheless, OSCE involvement in Afghan border 
issues without an eventual physical presence in Afghanistan 
would be counter-intuitive. 
AGUIRRE