Identifier
Created
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05LJUBLJANA398
2005-06-15 05:52:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ljubljana
Cable title:
SLOVENIA ON US-EU ECONOMIC SUMMIT
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000398
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE, EB/TPP/IPE
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR/ERRION
USEU FOR CHRIS WILSON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD ECIN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON US-EU ECONOMIC SUMMIT
REF: STATE 106113
UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000398
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE, EB/TPP/IPE
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR/ERRION
USEU FOR CHRIS WILSON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD ECIN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON US-EU ECONOMIC SUMMIT
REF: STATE 106113
1. Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 June to
Robert Kokalj, Head of the Economic Diplomacy Division
at the MFA. Kokalj took pains several times during his
comments to state that Slovenia and the EU have
"roughly the same ideas" as the U.S. on transatlantic
economic cooperation and growth. He indicated that the
Slovenia mission to the EU wanted to ensure Kokalj
communicated to Econoff that the EU would like to
transfer the "global partnership" the U.S. and the E.U.
enjoy in democracy and security to the economic agenda.
2. Kokalj noted that the EU was interested in inserting
IPR language into an overall summit statement and did
not support a "separate" declaration. Alluding to the
"Irish music" case, Kokalj said the EU expected "these
types of bilateral issues" to be solved prior to any
U.S.-EU joint statement on IPR. Kokalj added, however,
that the differences between the U.S. and EU positions
were not great and hoped that we would soon be able to
bridge the gap on what he termed "largely technical
disputes."
ROBERTSON
NNNN
2005LJUBLJ00398 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
v1.6.2
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/NCE, EB/TPP/IPE
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO USTR/ERRION
USEU FOR CHRIS WILSON
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD ECIN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON US-EU ECONOMIC SUMMIT
REF: STATE 106113
1. Econoff delivered reftel talking points 15 June to
Robert Kokalj, Head of the Economic Diplomacy Division
at the MFA. Kokalj took pains several times during his
comments to state that Slovenia and the EU have
"roughly the same ideas" as the U.S. on transatlantic
economic cooperation and growth. He indicated that the
Slovenia mission to the EU wanted to ensure Kokalj
communicated to Econoff that the EU would like to
transfer the "global partnership" the U.S. and the E.U.
enjoy in democracy and security to the economic agenda.
2. Kokalj noted that the EU was interested in inserting
IPR language into an overall summit statement and did
not support a "separate" declaration. Alluding to the
"Irish music" case, Kokalj said the EU expected "these
types of bilateral issues" to be solved prior to any
U.S.-EU joint statement on IPR. Kokalj added, however,
that the differences between the U.S. and EU positions
were not great and hoped that we would soon be able to
bridge the gap on what he termed "largely technical
disputes."
ROBERTSON
NNNN
2005LJUBLJ00398 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
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