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Viewing cable 07REYKJAVIK92, ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
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Reference ID | Created | Released | Classification | Origin |
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07REYKJAVIK92 | 2007-04-02 10:10 | 2011-01-13 05:05 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Reykjavik |
VZCZCXYZ0003
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHRK #0092 0921003
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 021003Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3235
INFO RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 0244
C O N F I D E N T I A L REYKJAVIK 000092
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
State for S/WCI Ambassador Williamson, EUR/PGI Cook and EUR/NB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2017
TAGS: PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
REFS: A. STATE 37005 B. Reykjavik 82
Classified By: Ambassador Carol van Voorst for reasons 1.4 (b) and
(d).
(C) As Iceland's formal reply to demarche (ref B), MFA's Minister
Counselor Nikulas Hannigan told A/Poloff on March 29 that they do not
have the expertise or the facilities (social or security) to receive
and integrate Guantanamo detainees. Hannigan said Icelandic law
provides only for accepting refugees, and these only as defined by
UNHCR.
van Voorst