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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/06/2018 
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SUBJECT: DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH 
PERUVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER 
 
Classified By: Ambassador William R. Brownfield 
Reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) 
 
SUMMARY 
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 1. (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Peruvian Foreign 
Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde on June 2.  Belaunde said the 
GOP is in the process of implementing the Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement (PTPA), and requested a bilateral meeting 
for President Garcia with President Bush at the upcoming APEC 
summit in November.  Belaunde thinks once the "egos" are put 
aside, Colombia and Ecuador will resolve their conflict. 
Peru would like to help, but acknowledges their relationship 
with Ecuador is "not solid" enough to play an active role. 
He sees Chavez at a disadvantage in the region due to: 1) the 
Reyes computers, 2) high inflation, and 3) his December 
referendum loss.  Belaunde requested the USG consider 
reinstating the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) 
to the foreign terrorist organization list.  END SUMMARY. 
 
 2. (U) Participants: 
 
U.S.: 
 
Deputy Secretary John D. Negroponte 
Ambassador William R. Brownfield 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig A. Kelly 
Mary Sue Conaway, D Staff 
Kelly Hapka Carrillo, note taker 
 
Peruvian: 
 
Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde 
Peruvian Ambassador to Colombia Jose Antonio Meier Espinosa 
Peruvian Ambassador to the OAS Maria Zavala Valladares 
 
 3. (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Peruvian FM Jose 
Garcia Belaunde June 2 on the margins of the Organization of 
American States (OAS) General Assembly.  Belaunde said the 
GOP is working to implement the Peruvian Trade Promotion 
Agreement (TPA), including environmental legislation.  He 
requested a bilateral meeting for President Garcia with 
President Bush at the upcoming APEC summit in November to 
discuss progress. The Deputy suggested the event could be 
used as a "target" for the implementation of the PTPA 
criteria. 
 
 4. (C) Belaunde thinks once the "egos" are put aside, 
Colombia and Ecuador will resolve their conflict.  He noted 
Ecuador is still sensitive to the March 1 border incursion, 
and too focused on receiving reparations from the GOC.  He 
said Peru would like to help ease the tensions, but 
acknowledged that their relationship with Ecuador is "not 
solid."  He said Chile used to play a more regional mediator 
role, but noted that President Michelle Bachelet does not 
have the regional influence to be an effective facilitator. 
 
 5. (C) Belaunde sees the region divided between "backward 
utopians" and "modern Monroeists."  Peru agrees it would be 
worthwhile to find ways to highlight support for economic 
integration, security cooperation, and support for democracy 
among like-minded countries.  He views Chavez at a 
disadvantage in the competition for regional influence due 
to: 1) the Reyes computers, 2) high inflation, and 3) his 
December referendum loss. 
 
 6. (C) Belaunde requested that the USG consider reinstating 
the MRTA to the list of designated foreign terrorist 
organizations; Ambassador Brownfield suggested the GOP 
consider carefully the political implications of this 
decision -- it could be interpreted as signifying a return en 
force of the MFTA. 
 
 7. (U) Cleared by D staff. 
BROWNFIELD