Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05VILNIUS1062
2005-10-05 05:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vilnius
Cable title:  

GOL SUPPORTS DESIGNATING LTTE AS TERRORIST GROUP

Tags:  PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO LH 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 001062

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2015
TAGS: PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO LH
SUBJECT: GOL SUPPORTS DESIGNATING LTTE AS TERRORIST GROUP

REF: SECSTATE 172115

Classified By: Political/Economic Officer Alexander Titolo for reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).

(C) The GOL supports the EU listing the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization. Tomas
Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security
Policy Division, and Dainius Kamaitis, Head of the MFA's Asia
and Pacific Division, told us September 21 and 22
respectively that a Sri Lankan special envoy based in Oslo
recently visited Lithuania and the other Baltic States to
present his government's case for why the EU should take a
tougher stance on the LTTE. They added that the GOL is
convinced of the merits of this argument. Kamaitis told us
that there is an understanding within the EU that some sort
of message must be sent to the Tamil rebels in the wake of
the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.
He said that some nations are hesitant to designate the LTTE
as a terrorist organization because they believe it will
imperil international humanitarian projects underway in the
Tamil region of Sri Lanka. Gulbinas told us that he thinks
it is likely that the EU will eventually decide to label the
LTTE as a terrorist group, but that talks aimed at reaching a
consensus for this action are still dragging on.
MULL