Identifier
Created
Classification
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04DUBLIN1735
2004-12-01 11:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dublin
Cable title:  

IRISH RESPONSE TO CROATIA/ICTY DEMARCHE

Tags:  PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DUBLIN 001735 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2014
TAGS: PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY
SUBJECT: IRISH RESPONSE TO CROATIA/ICTY DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 254097

Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Mary Daly; Reasons 1.4 (B)
and (D).

C O N F I D E N T I A L DUBLIN 001735

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/30/2014
TAGS: PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY
SUBJECT: IRISH RESPONSE TO CROATIA/ICTY DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 254097

Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Mary Daly; Reasons 1.4 (B)
and (D).


1. (C) On November 30, Post delivered reftel talking points
to Martina Feeney, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
Political Division First Secretary for European Affairs.
Feeney said Ireland expected that the December 17 EU Council
decision on Croatia would be consistent with the conclusion
reached in the Council's June meeting, which recommended
starting negotiations on Croatia's EU candidacy in 2005.
Ireland did not anticipate that the Council would revisit the
June decision in a way that would make the arrest of Ante
Gotovina a condition for commencing negotiations. Feeney
cited the Irish Government's opinion that Croatia had made
good progress in fulfilling its commitments under the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY),notwithstanding the failure to locate Gotovina. She
commented that accession negotiations would be the best way
to ensure continued Croatian cooperation on its ICTY pledges,
which would be central to the negotiating framework. Feeney
stressed that there would be no question of Croatia reneging
on its ICTY commitments once accession negotiations had
begun. She also observed that it would be odd for the EU
Council to take an unconditional decision on Turkey's
candidacy negotiations while placing conditionalities on
Croatia.
KENNY