Identifier
Created
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04BRATISLAVA438
2004-04-30 11:49:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bratislava
Cable title:
SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION
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UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000438
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL LO UNGA
SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 92528
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
ON APRIL 30, POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO OKSANA TOMOVA,
DIRECTOR OF THE UN SECTION AT THE SLOVAK MFA. TOMOVA STATED THAT
THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC IS OPPOSED TO BRINGING THE PALESTINIAN
RESOLUTION TO A VOTE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. NOT WITHSTANDING
THE SIMILAR POSITIONS OF RUSSIA AND LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS, SHE
BELIEVED THAT THE OBSERVER MISSION OF PALESTINE WOULD BE
SUCCESSFUL IN INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF THE STRONG
BACKING FROM ARAB AND MUSLIM NATIONS. THE EU HAS NOT REACHED A
CONSENSUS ON THIS ISSUE. THE PALESTINIAN DELEGATION WILL LIKELY
SUBMIT A NEW DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK, BUT IT HAS YET TO
BE RELEASED.
WEISER
NNNN
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL LO UNGA
SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 92528
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
ON APRIL 30, POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO OKSANA TOMOVA,
DIRECTOR OF THE UN SECTION AT THE SLOVAK MFA. TOMOVA STATED THAT
THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC IS OPPOSED TO BRINGING THE PALESTINIAN
RESOLUTION TO A VOTE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. NOT WITHSTANDING
THE SIMILAR POSITIONS OF RUSSIA AND LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS, SHE
BELIEVED THAT THE OBSERVER MISSION OF PALESTINE WOULD BE
SUCCESSFUL IN INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF THE STRONG
BACKING FROM ARAB AND MUSLIM NATIONS. THE EU HAS NOT REACHED A
CONSENSUS ON THIS ISSUE. THE PALESTINIAN DELEGATION WILL LIKELY
SUBMIT A NEW DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK, BUT IT HAS YET TO
BE RELEASED.
WEISER
NNNN