Identifier
Created
Classification
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03THEHAGUE1524
2003-06-13 13:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:  

DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER

Tags:  PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001524 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/12/2013
TAGS: PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
SUBJECT: DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER

REF: STATE 161930

Classified By: ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR NATHANIEL DEAN FOR REASONS
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001524

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/12/2013
TAGS: PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
SUBJECT: DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER

REF: STATE 161930

Classified By: ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR NATHANIEL DEAN FOR REASONS 1.
5 (B AND D).

(C) ACTING POLCOUNS DELIVERED REFTEL COMMENTS TO DUTCH MFA
OSCE TASK FORCE OFFICERS GEOFFREY VAN LEEUWEN AND WILLEMIJN
KALLENBERG ON JUNE 13. AS SUGGESTED REFTEL, THE DUTCH PLAN
TO SHARE THEIR DRAFT PAPER ON A "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" FORCE
IN MOLDOVA WITH BOTH THE MOLDOVANS AND THE RUSSIANS. OWING
TO HOM HILL'S PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK, THEY PLAN TO
PASS THEIR PAPER VIA THE MOLDOVAN AMBASSADOR IN VIENNA EARLY
IN THE WEEK. THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE GOM A CHANCE TO
DIGEST THEIR IDEAS BEFORE SHARING THE PAPER WITH THE
RUSSIANS. THE DUTCH ACCEPTED WASHINGTON'S SUGGESTION OF
DELETING REFERENCE TO A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF TROOPS FOR THE
FORCE SO AS TO AVOID THE RUSSIANS POCKETING A SPECIFIC
NUMBER. CONCERNING REFERENCE TO THE EU'S "EXISTING PLANNING,
COMMAND AND CONTROL CAPACITY," THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE
TEXT (ACTING POLCOUNS WAS SHOWN LATEST DRAFT AND MFA'S
NATO-CENTRIC SECURITY POLICY DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO SOUGHT TO
ADJUST THIS LANGUAGE). THEY CURRENTLY PLAN TO ADD AN ANNEX
TO THE PAPER SPELLING OUT THE ESDP ARRANGEMENTS, INCLUDING
HOW THE RUSSIANS MIGHT BE WOVEN INTO AN EU-LED FORCE. (MFA
OSCE TASK FORCE CHIEF AMB. EVERTS STRESSED IN HIS JUNE 12
MEETING WITH AMB. PERINA THAT THE DUTCH WOULD INSIST THAT ANY
EU OPERATION BE CONSISTENT WITH BERLIN PLUS ARRANGEMENTS.)
VAN LEEUWEN SAID THAT WHILE THE FORCE WOULD HAVE AN OSCE
MANDATE, THE EU WOULD MAINTAIN POLITICAL CONTROL OF THE
MILITARY OPERATION, WITH THE RUSSIANS INCLUDED AT THE TROOP
LEVEL. AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU THE DUTCH WOULD PLAN
TO HAVE HIREP SOLANA DISCUSS THE PLAN WITH VORONIN AND THEN
FM IVANOV.
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