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Viewing cable 08BERLIN1702, GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE TO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BERLIN1702 2008-12-22 14:14 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin 
VZCZCXRO2515
OO RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHRL #1702 3571414
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 221414Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 2914
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHMU/AMEMBASSY MANAGUA PRIORITY 0047
RUEHDF/AMCONSUL DUSSELDORF PRIORITY 0171
RUEHFT/AMCONSUL FRANKFURT PRIORITY 7804
RUEHAG/AMCONSUL HAMBURG PRIORITY 0240
RUEHLZ/AMCONSUL LEIPZIG PRIORITY 0175
RUEHMZ/AMCONSUL MUNICH PRIORITY 1963
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
 
UNCLAS BERLIN 001702 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR WHA/CEN(KRAAIMOORE),EEB/IFD/ODF,IO/EDA AND EUR/AGS 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN ECON EAID PREL UNGA NU GM
SUBJECT: GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE TO 
NICARAGUA FOLLOWING FRAUDULENT ELECTIONS 
 
REF: STATE 132044 
 
1.  (SBU) On December 22, 2008, Econoff spoke with Christiane 
Botschen, Deputy Head of Division for Mexico, Central America 
& Caribbean, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge host 
country suspension of assistance to Nicaragua following the 
fraudulent November 9 municipal elections.  Having frozen 
budgetary aid a year ago, Germany is in broad agreement with 
U.S. imperatives regarding the suspension of assistance to 
Nicaragua, reported Botschen.  Germany is a member of the 
International Donors Group and is also the head of the 
Elections Group, she said, which issued a separate statement 
critical of the November 9 elections.  Botschen said the 
European Union (EU) was likewise engaged on the issue.  EU 
Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner 
recently sent a letter to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel 
Santos Lopez informing him the EU Commission would suspend 
assistance as of 2009, according to Botschen. 
 
2. (SBU) Botschen noted Germany had not drawn a direct link 
between assistance to Nicaragua and the November 9 elections 
in its communications with the Nicaraguan government. 
Rather, Germany's statements emphasized the need for 
adherence to "democratic principles."  Germany is in 
"constant talks" with the government of Nicaragua concerning 
the need for democratic reform, she commented.  Botschen 
confided, however, she was not optimistic at this point. 
Koenig