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05WARSAW3954
2005-12-01 16:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Warsaw
Cable title:  

NAC COMMUNIQUE: POLAND SUPPORTS STRONG LANGUAGE

Tags:  PARM PREL KCFE PL NATO 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 003954

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/01/2015
TAGS: PARM PREL KCFE PL NATO
SUBJECT: NAC COMMUNIQUE: POLAND SUPPORTS STRONG LANGUAGE

REF: STATE 217326

Classified By: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I., KEN HILLAS, FOR REASONS 1.4 (B)
AND (D)

(C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Witold Waszczykowski,
Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, December 1,
emphasizing that it would be a mistake to soften the language
on Russia's 1999 Istanbul Summit commitments on Moldova, and
urging Poland to take a strong stance against efforts by
other European countries to do so. MFA Americas Director
Henryk Szlajfer, who was also present at the meeting (and was
previously Poland's Ambassador to the OSCE),urged us to keep
up the pressure on the EU presidency during the Ljubljana
meeting so that there was no EU softening of the language.
Waszczykowski said that Poland fully agrees with the U.S. on
the importance of tough language, but added that there is not
support in the EU at this moment for efforts to push back on
Russia. Poland has had a hard time convincing other EU
states not to soften the language on the Istanbul
commitments. Poland is often portrayed as "Russophobic", he
said, when it seeks tough language on Russia. Charge
acknowledged Poland's difficult situation, but urged that
Poland continue to press to maintain a tough NAC text, even
as Poland's new government seeks a constructive relationship
with Russia.
HILLAS