Identifier
Created
Classification
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05THEHAGUE3088
2005-11-15 15:38:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003088
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2015
TAGS: PREL MARR NL EUN
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU
GENDARMERIE IN HAITI
REF: SECSTATE 206172
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 003088
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2015
TAGS: PREL MARR NL EUN
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU
GENDARMERIE IN HAITI
REF: SECSTATE 206172
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) On November 11, Charge delivered reftel points to
Marnix Krop (Director-General for European Cooperation, MFA).
On November 14, POLOFF followed up with Hester Jongman
(Policy Officer, Civil-Military Affairs, MFA). Jongman
welcomed the points, but was skeptical that an European
Gendarmerie Force (EGF) would be deployed in time to support
Haitian elections in December. She did not anticipate the
EGF would be operational before mid-2006.
2. (C) Time constraints notwithstanding, the Dutch consider
the EGF's role as a military force under the ambit of the EU
to be one played primarily in the European theater. Jongman
explained that the Dutch hope to see the EGF address issues
closer to Brussels before turning its focus outside Europe.
The Dutch see Kosovo as the EGF's first priority.
BLAKEMAN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2015
TAGS: PREL MARR NL EUN
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/HAITI: EXPLORING ROLE FOR EU
GENDARMERIE IN HAITI
REF: SECSTATE 206172
Classified By: Acting DCM Andrew J. Schofer for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) On November 11, Charge delivered reftel points to
Marnix Krop (Director-General for European Cooperation, MFA).
On November 14, POLOFF followed up with Hester Jongman
(Policy Officer, Civil-Military Affairs, MFA). Jongman
welcomed the points, but was skeptical that an European
Gendarmerie Force (EGF) would be deployed in time to support
Haitian elections in December. She did not anticipate the
EGF would be operational before mid-2006.
2. (C) Time constraints notwithstanding, the Dutch consider
the EGF's role as a military force under the ambit of the EU
to be one played primarily in the European theater. Jongman
explained that the Dutch hope to see the EGF address issues
closer to Brussels before turning its focus outside Europe.
The Dutch see Kosovo as the EGF's first priority.
BLAKEMAN