AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL -

C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000103

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR SA/PAB, EUR/RPM AND EUR/AGS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/11/2015
TAGS: MARR PREL AF AU NATO
SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL -
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

REF: SECSTATE 2743

Classified By: ECONOMIC-POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREGORY E. PHILLIPS
REASONS: 1.4 (B) AND (D)


1. (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for
South and Southeast Asia Peter Storer on January 12. We
expressed appreciation for Austria's ISAF contributions, and
reiterated our hope that Austria would further engage in this
important international mission by supporting and/or
participating in PRTs.


2. (C) Storer responded that the Austrian Defense Ministry
was actively considering a temporary deployment in support of
parliamentary elections in Afghanistan in summer 2005. We
emphasized that any additional Austrian efforts in
Afghanistan would surely be welcome.

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