El conflicto del S¨¢hara
Cable que habla de un documento informal del gobierno espa?ol sobre el S¨¢hara Occidental
Noviembre de 2006. "El documento espa?ol sugiere una soluci¨®n similar a la que Espa?a ha dado para Catalu?a". Abandonar los t¨¦rminos de "descolonizaci¨®n", "soberan¨ªa" e "independencia" y utilizar "globalizaci¨®n", "regionalizaci¨®n", "soberan¨ªa" y "autogobierno"
| ID: | 84104 |
| Date: | 2006-11-02 16:23:00 |
| Origin: | 06MADRID2809 |
| Source: | Embassy Madrid |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Dunno: | 06STATE150118 |
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MADRID 002809 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2016 TAGS: PREL, SP SUBJECT: SPANISH SEEK INCLUSION IN WESTERN SAHARA STRATEGY REF: A. STATE 150118 B. NEA READ OUT: A/S WELCH-SPANISH DG IRANZO MEETING MADRID 00002809 001.2 OF 002 Classified By: A/DCM Josie Shumake for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 1. (C) SUMMARY: One month after the UNGA meeting between Assistant Secretary Welch and MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo, Iranzo paid a call on the Ambassador October 26, saying he had sought the meeting at FM Moratinos' request, to reiterate that Spain wishes to play a role in U.S. strategic planning on Western Sahara. Iranzo asked whether the GOS could anticipate a response to the non-paper which he presented to A/S Welch at their UNGA meeting. Foreign Minister Moratinos stuck to boilerplate language on Western Sahara in recent testimony before the Spanish Congress, and he denied a media report that Spain is assisting Morocco in crafting their autonomy plan. Post requests guidance on how to respond to MFA's non-paper. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo called on the Ambassador on October 26 to discuss Western Sahara. He said his visit to the Embassy was at the request of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, and he repeated the plea made to NEA A/S Welch at their September meeting in New York for greater US-Spain coordination on Western Sahara. Iranzo suggested that Spain and the U.S. coordinate prior to bringing in other interested parties including the UK and France. Iranzo said Spain welcomed the plan for a "technical rollover" of the MINURSO mandate at the end of October but wished it had some reference to a broader political framework or negotiating strategy. In that respect, he mentioned the non-paper he presented to A/S Welch in New York and asked whether Spain would receive a response, as A/S Welch had indicated. The Ambassador told Iranzo he would relay the request to Washington. Iranzo asked for Ambassador Aguirre,s support in pressing Washington for greater coordination with Spain on this issue and said he had appreciated the meeting with A/S Welch. 3. (C) Apart from this meeting, Iranzo called in PolCouns on October 16 to convey the same message. PolCouns noted that the U.S. had put forward a framework that included pressure on Morocco to produce a credible autonomy plan and negotiate directly with the Polisario as soon as possible - with the continued threat that MINURSO rollovers would no longer be a matter of course. 4. (U) On October 24, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the Congress of Deputies that the relevant parties in the Western Sahara dispute must continue negotiating and bring solution to the conflict. He said that the Zapatero government "has tried, continues to try, and will continue trying to find a definitive solution to the Sahara problem that is just, politically and mutually acceptable, and that permits the exercise of free self-determination for the Sahrawi people." Moratinos said he was sure that a consensus could be reached in New York if the parties could agree on a plan. "What is missing is that the parties need to find the will to negotiate a solution within the structure of the United Nations and its principles and resolutions." At a joint press conference on October 31, Moratinos denied a report published in Moroccan magazine "Le Journal Hebdomadaire" which claimed that Spanish jurists are assisting Morocco in drafting its autonomy plan for Western Sahara. 5. (U) Spanish interest in Western Sahara starts at the top. The King and Queen will visit Algeria in early 2007, and the King recently met with Morocco's King Mohamed VI. The Polisario Front sent a letter to King Juan Carlos on October 12 asking him to intervene on their behalf with the Moroccan monarch. Mauritanian President Ely Ould Mohamed Vall just made his first visit to Spain, along with a host of ministers. His visit coincided with that of Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui, though post is unaware of any connection. 6. (C) COMMENT: The Spanish non-paper declares the "unfeasibility" of any regionally acceptable solution while Algeria and Morocco remain at each other's throats. It is also clearly colored by and suggests a solution similar to the approach which Spain has taken with its own region of Catalonia. That is, abandoning "decolonization" vocabulary such as sovereignty and independence in favor of "globalization" vocabulary such as regionalization, autonomy, and self-rule (page 9). Spain's reliance on Algerian natural MADRID 00002809 002.2 OF 002 gas and on Moroccan labor, trade and CT cooperation puts it in the awkward position of having to maintain good relations with both nations. Spain's national interest clearly lies with resolving this dispute, opening the Morocco-Algeria border, and engaging a regionally integrated North African economy. END COMMENT. ------------------------------------------ Visit Embassy Madrid's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/madrid/ ------------------------------------------ AGUIRRE |
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