IED US Department of State Case No F-2017 -13804 Doc No C06699462 Date 06 25 2019 lube unnu- 4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE DRAFRAQNGZ FELLN ou a s 597-380 SEOECD 3253 AUTHORITY Geoffrey W 3 Chapman Senior Reviewer 91W 3 31 2019 ROUTINE NOSCOU PARIS STRASBOURG ROUTINE - ALLEU w-m-u E O Leash DECL OADR TAGS COEs PREL RS SUBJECT SECRETARY MEETING UITH SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE l DEPUTY SECRETARY TALBOTT MET UITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARY GENERAL DANIEL IN WASHINGTON ON MARCH 30 THE MEETING UAS VERY CORDIAL AND FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON U S AND EUROPEAN POLICIES TOUARDS RUSSIA E SAID UNTIL COE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION HAD BEEN ON TRACK AND COE HAD MADE GOOD PROGRESS WORKING WITH THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ON REFORMS THE COE PARLIAMENT HAS SUSPENDED APPLICATION RESERVING THE RIGHT TO RECONSIDER IT AT SOMEFTTWIF POINT IN THE FUTURE SAID HE DID NOT KNOU EXACTLY WHAT THE COE PARLIAMENT MOULD REQUIRE OF RUSSIA T0 RECONSIDER THE APPLICATION BUT THOUGHT IT MOULD WAIT FOR SOME SORT OF SELF-CRITICISM BY RUSSIA OF EVENTS IN CHECHNYA 3 TALBOTT SAID RECENT NEWS FROM CHECHNYA HAS NOT AND THAT RUSSIA THUS FAR HAD NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON ITS AGREEMENT TO AN OSCE PEACEKEEPING MISSION THE USG IS UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06699462 Date 06 25 2019 IED US Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06699462 Date 06 25 2019 1 3 SEEKING A SUBSTANTIAL AND OPEN-ENDE CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN EFFECTIVE STEPS TO TECT CIVILIANS AND A REAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE TALBOT NOTED HOWEVER THAT THE USG IS NOT INSISTING THAT THE ALOGUE BE WITH DUDAYEV H WAS WORRIED AB THE DIRECTION RUSSIA IS HEADED BUT BELIEVED ISOLAT NG RUSSIA WOULD ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE HE DID NO AGREE WITH THE RUSSIAN ARGUMENT THE WEST MUST SUPPORT IT AT ALL COSTS TO PREVENT EXTRE STS FROM TAKING POWER THE WEST SHOULD SUPPORT POLICI RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS TALBOTT AGREED SAYING THE CANNOT GIVE THE IMPRESSION THERE ARE NO STANDARDS FO RUSSIA NOR CUT OFF CONTACTS WHEN RUSSIA ACTS WRONGLY- AT THE HALIFAX THE 6- -7 WILL SIGNAL THEIR DISPLEASURE WITH RUSSIAN CONDUCT IN CHECHNYA BY LIMITING YELTSIN T0 BASICALLY THE SAME TREATMENT HE RECEIVED IN NAPLES 1 ATTEND DINNER ON THE EVENING OF THE FIRST DAY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS ON POLITICAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES THE SECOND 5 SAID IN HIS MEETING IN WASHINGTON WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR VORONTSOV VORONTSOV HAD PROPOSED A TRIAL FOR RUSSIAN IN CHECHNYA SAID SHOULD NOT TAKE THOSE COMMENTS SERIOUSLY AS VORONTSOV OFTEN SPOKE EXTEMPORANEOUSLY TALBOTT ADDED THAT THE AND EUROPE MIGHT NOT WANT DEFENSE MINISTER GRACHEV PUT ON TRIAL BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE EVEN LESS HAPPY WITH HIS REPLACEMENT 7 PRESENTED TALBOTT NITH NU RAGE LETTER SIGNED BY YELTSIN AND CHERNOMYRDIN LISTING REFORMS I RUSSIA AGREED To MAKE TO MEET COE STANDARDS WAS WRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE THE CHECHNYA OPERATION UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No 006699462 Date 06 25 2019 IED US Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06699462 Date 06 25 2019 1 3 SEEKING A SUBSTANTIAL AND OPEN-ENDE CESSATION OF VIOLENCE IN CHECHNYAs EFFECTIVE STEPS TO TECT CIVILIANS AND A REAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE TALBOT NOTEDI HOWEVER THAT THE USG IS NOT INSISTING THAT THE ALOGUE BE WITH DUDAYEV H HAS MORRIED AB THE DIRECTION RUSSIA IS HEADED BUT BELIEVED ISOLAT NG RUSSIA UOULD ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE HE DID NO AGREE WITH THE RUSSIAN ARGUMENT THE NEST MUST SUPPORT IT AT ALL COSTS TO PREVENT EXTRE STS FROM TAKING POWER THE WEST SHOULD SUPPORT POLICI RATHER THAN INDIVIDUALS- TALBOTT AGREED SAYING THE CANNOT GIVE THE IMPRESSION THERE ARE NO STANDARDS FO RUSSIA NOR CUT OFF CONTACTS UHEN RUSSIA ACTS WRONGLY AT THE HALIFAX THE 6- -7 MILL SIGNAL THEIR DISPLEASURE UITH RUSSIAN CONDUCT IN CHECHNYA BY LIMITING YELTSIN T0 BASICALLY THE SAME TREATMENT HE RECEIVED IN NAPLES 1 ATTEND DINNER ON THE EVENING OF THE FIRST DAY1 PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS ON POLITICAL AND GLOBAL ISSUES THE SECOND 5 SAID IN HIS MEETING IN WASHINGTON UITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR VORONTSOV VORONTSOV HAD PROPOSED A TRIAL FOR RUSSIAN IN TALBOTT SAID SHOULD NOT TAKE THOSE COMMENTS SERIOUSLY AS VORONTSOV OFTEN SPOKE EXTEMPORANEOUSLY TALBOTT ADDED THAT THE AND EUROPE MIGHT NOT MANT DEFENSE MINISTER GRACHEV PUT ON TRIAL BECAUSE WE MIGHT BE EVEN LESS HAPPY WITH HIS REPLACEMENT 7 PRESENTED TALBOTT NITH Hh EAGE 51in LETTER SIGNED BY YELTSIN AND CHERNOMYRDIN LISTING REFORMS 0 6 RUSSIA AGREED To MAKE To NEET COE STANDARDS NRITTEN SHORTLY BEFORE THE CHECHNYA if 1 UNCLASSIFIED US Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06699462 Date 06 25 2019 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu