AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON LITE DEMARCHE

C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 003202

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/27/2015
TAGS: PGOV KTFN PREL PTER AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON LITE DEMARCHE

REF: STATE 172115

Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for
reasons 1.5 (b) and (d)


1. (C) On September 26, Economic Unit Chief delivered reftel
points to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's Justice and
Home Affairs Division, urging Austria to support an EU
listing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LITE) as a
terrorist organization. Froehlich said that Austrian views
on LITE were similar to the USG position. Froehlich
emphasized that Austria "would not be a problem" within the
EU on efforts to designate LITE. He added that there was a
"small minority" of member states that continued to object to
the EU listing, arguing that listing would hamper the
Norwegian-led peace process.
Brown