SLOVENIA AND DELIVERABLES FOR US-EU CONFERENCE ON

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000413 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EIND PGOV PREL IZ SI EUN SUBJECT: SLOVENIA AND DELIVERABLES FOR US-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ REF: A. STATE 103222 ¶B. HYLAND-TRIM EMAIL 6/17/05 ¶1. Ambassador discussed reftel points with MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar June 17. Cerar was interested to know SIPDIS how the sum of $205 million of Iraq debt had been attributed to Slovenia. He explained that he was under the impression that Serbia and/or Montenegro was claiming all this debt for itself. At any rate, Cerar was not aware that anything had been agreed among the FRY successors on this particular piece of debt. Slovenia is not in a position to make a decision on debt forgiveness until it is certain which portion of the Iraq debt, if any, is ascribed to it. He agreed to look into disbursing the rest of the funds Slovenia has previously pledged. FM Rupel will lead the Slovene delegation to the conference. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00413 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2