SLOVENIA ON EIB INVESTMENT IN SYRIA

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000886 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/NCE E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/28/2015 TAGS: ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON EIB INVESTMENT IN SYRIA REF: SECSTATE 229611 Classified By: Acting DCM Colleen Hyland, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ¶1. Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Bostjan Jerman, MFA security policy staffer, and Oliver Dajic, MFA desk officer for North America. Both Jerman and Dajic understood the USG's dismay at the EIB decision and said they would immediately pass along the information within the MFA. Due to Christmas and New Year's holidays, a large percentage of GOS workers are on leave this week. Post will provide a readout of discussions with officials in the GOS who work on EIB matters following their return next week. ROBERTSON NNNN