C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000164

SIPDIS


E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/10/2015
TAGS: PREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S
BORDER MONITORING ORGANIZATION

REF: A. SECSTATE 43096

B. LJUBLJANA 163

Classified By: Dean J. Haas, Deputy Chief of Mission, for reasons 1.4 (
b,d)

(C) DCM transmitted ref A demarche to Mary Veronica Tovsak,
MFA EU Affairs Office, on 11 March. No immediate response
was received but Ref B reports substance of Embassy's
extensive discussions on the GAERC agenda -- including
Georgia -- with Tovsak 10 March. We do not expect a
significant change to the GoS position as a result of our new
points. The GoS is likely to follow EU consensus on this
issue but could be more talkative at the table due to its
OSCE Presidency and FM Rupel's desire to salvage something on
Georgia after seeing the OSCE BMO disappear early in his
tenure as OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
ROBERTSON


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2005LJUBLJ00164 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL



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