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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES2303, ARGENTINA: CODEL SANCHEZ MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE

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07BUENOSAIRES2303 2007-12-06 15:56 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #2303/01 3401556
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 061556Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9853
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6717
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 6604
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 1611
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ DEC LIMA 2212
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0931
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 002303 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR MASS AR
SUBJECT:  ARGENTINA: CODEL SANCHEZ MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE 
 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  Representatives Loretta Sanchez and Roscoe 
Bartlett, accompanied by Ambassador, met November 21 with Argentine 
Minister of Defense Nilda Garre to discuss bilateral relations, 
peacekeeping and regional security. Garre reviewed the military 
organizational restructuring she had undertaken, focused on 
"jointness," education, and the role of women in the military. She 
described the positive security situation in the region, the 
progress and challenges in standing up the combined 
Argentine-Chilean peacekeeping battalion, and asked for continued 
U.S. political and material assistance.  She also explained the 
political sensitivity for the Kirchner administration of sending 
military personnel to training courses at WHINSEC.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (U) Representatives Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Roscoe Bartlett 
(R-MD), members of the House Armed Services Committee, accompanied 
by Ambassador, Professional Staff Member Debra Wada and EmbOffs, met 
November 21, with Minister of Defense Nilda Garre, her Chief of 
Staff Raul Garre, Secretary for Military Matters Alfredo Forti, 
Secretary for Planning and Budget Oscar Cuattromo, and Sub-Secretary 
 
SIPDIS 
for Military Technical Matters Esteban Montenegro. 
 
REFORM OF ARGENTINA'S MILITARY 
------------------------------ 
 
3. (SBU) Garre reviewed for the CODEL the Argentine military's 
historical role in Argentine politics.  The military dictatorship 
and human rights abuses (1976-1983) and the disastrous invasion of 
the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands (1982) are still fresh in the memory 
of Argentines, she said.  Garre explained that her priority was to 
create a more professional military.  She noted that the Kirchner 
administration was the first to begin implementing the 1988 military 
reorganization law, had passed a 2007 military intelligence law, and 
drafted a new military justice code that is currently under 
consideration in the legislature. 
 
EDUCATION AND JOINTNESS AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
 
4. (SBU) Garre said she placed a premium on reforming military 
education.  Military personnel, she stated, should first be good 
citizens, secondly public servants, and finally professional 
soldiers.  The MOD was therefore reviewing and reforming the entire 
educational system with a focus on human rights, respect for 
civilian control and management. 
 
5. (SBU) Changes in the education system reflect the MOD's emphasis 
on "jointness," as stipulated in the 1988 military reform law.  This 
emphasis has placed the Joint Staff in operational command and 
control over the separate services, and is pushing the process of 
combining areas of commonality between the services in education, 
training and budget determination and allocation. 
 
6. (SBU) These are themes Garre emphasized with the Ambassador in 
their meeting on November 13, when they reviewed bilateral 
cooperation and the MOD's priorities focused on: strategic planning; 
defense resource management; reform of the military educational 
system; science and technology; and training and development of 
civilian defense personnel.  Garre noted in that meeting that her 
staff was carefully reviewing the existing 10-year bilateral 
agreement on the exchange of military education students, due to 
expire at the end of the year.  Secretary Forti, who also attended 
the meeting, explained that they wanted the agreement to reflect the 
new priorities of the MOD and to take into account the new 
educational institutions, such as CAECOPAZ (peacekeeping training 
center) and the Argentine military's Joint Staff College. 
 
7. (SBU) Garre also mentioned the unique challenges of incorporating 
women into the Argentine military.  Sub-Secretary Oscar Cuattromo 
noted that for the past eight months women had been working along 
side men aboard some of the navy's vessels.  Garre noted that they 
had encountered fewer problems than initially expected, but also 
noted that some of the deeper problems lay in the areas of 
arrangements for married military couples, pregnancy, and other 
family-related issues.  Rep. Sanchez and Rep. Bartlett shared their 
perspectives on the issue, recounted the ongoing U.S. experience, 
and Rep. Sanchez offered to share some of the HASC's reports/studies 
on the issue with the MOD.  Garre said she would be very happy to 
receive those reports. 
 
8. (SBU) Finally, Garre stated that the future of the Argentine 
military was looking brighter.  She acknowledged that the military 
had been largely ignored by previous administrations but that she 
was expecting more budget support that should allow for some salary 
increases and opportunities to provide some better equipment and 
logistics. 
 
PEACEKEEPING AND "SOUTHERN CROSS" 
--------------------------------- 
 
9. (SBU) Garre also said the future was bright for Argentina's 
continued support for peacekeeping, another priority for the MOD. 
She noted that CAECOPAZ has just graduated its first international 
class (students from nine Latin American countries) from its "train 
the trainer" course.  Garre said that in mid-December 
representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries with 
peacekeeping training institutes would meet here to discuss an 
alliance of those institutes in order to share experiences, best 
practices and improve peacekeeping capabilities. 
 
10. (SBU) Garre noted that the formation of the combined 
Argentine-Chilean peacekeeping force "Southern Cross" (Cruz del Sur) 
was going well.  In earlier comments to the Ambassador, Garre had 
explained that, in December 2005 when the two countries had signed 
the agreement, the joint force had seemed very ambitious and that it 
was an agreeable surprise how quickly the joint force and command 
has advanced.  With Representatives Sanchez and Bartlett, and in her 
earlier meeting with the Ambassador, Garre asked for continued U.S. 
support for "Southern Cross" - both logistically with training and 
equipment, and politically with the UN when the two countries submit 
the concept to the UN to include the combined force into the UN 
Standby Arrangement System at the Rapid Deployment Level.  She noted 
that the joint force should be operational by mid-2008. 
 
REGIONAL ISSUES 
--------------- 
 
11. (SBU) In response to a question, Garre noted that relations with 
Argentina's neighbors were extremely good and that Argentina and 
Chile have discussed with other countries the possibility of joining 
Southern Cross.  The two countries, however, have decided to get the 
force fully operational and incorporated into the UN system before 
formally asking others to join.  She noted that Brazil and Peru have 
expressed interest in Southern Cross. 
 
WHINSEC IS STILL A POLITICAL ISSUE 
---------------------------------- 
 
12. (SBU) Rep. Sanchez is a member of the WHINSEC Board of Visitors, 
and asked the Minister if Argentina was sending students to courses 
at WHINSEC.  Garre said the MOD and services were not sending 
students there and that it would be politically difficult for the 
Kirchner administration to do so, given the local sensitivities 
surrounding the institution and Argentina's own history with 
military human rights abuses.  Rep. Sanchez noted that this is 
unfortunate given the excellent education and training WHINSEC 
provides in many of the Minister's priority areas.  Rep. Sanchez 
invited Garre to visit WHINSEC with her as a guide. 
 
13. (U) Representative Sanchez has cleared this cable. 
 
KELLY