SLOVENIA ON NAC COMMUNIQUE AND U.S. CONCERNS

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000831 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2015 TAGS: KCFE PARM PREL SI NATO SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON NAC COMMUNIQUE AND U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING CFE/ISTANBUL PARAGRAPH REF: SECSTATE 217326 Classified By: Ambassador Thomas B. Robertson for Reasons 1.4(b,d) ¶1. (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on December 1, 2005 to MFA Security Policy Department Deputy Director Oto Pungartnik and staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Pungartnik said he was surprised the discussion of the language on CFE/Istanbul Commitments had even been broached at the HLTF and indicated that the Slovenian representative may have been misunderstood. He promised to reconsider this issue in light of the objections raised during the demarche and said he would provide guidance to the Slovenian representative in advance of Friday's discussion. ROBERTSON NNNN