Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ANKARA3093
2006-05-26 13:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ankara
Cable title:
DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA
VZCZCXYZ0005 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHAK #3093 1461342 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 261342Z MAY 06 FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6021 INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 5433 RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY 3041
C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 003093
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/26/2016
TAGS: PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE TU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: A. STATE 80908
B. ANKARA 01557
C. ANKARA 01877
Classified By: PolCouns Janice G. Weiner for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
(C) We passed ref a points to MFA South Caucasus Department
Head Suleyman Gokce on May 22. Gokce said the Turkish
government shares U.S. concerns about Russian activities in
South Ossetia and undertook to convey our information to
other relevant offices in the MFA. Turkish officials have
told us frequently that they are worried about creeping
annexation, support the Georgian peace plan for South
Ossetia, and support Georgia's integration with Euro-Atlantic
institutions (refs b,c).
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/26/2016
TAGS: PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE TU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: A. STATE 80908
B. ANKARA 01557
C. ANKARA 01877
Classified By: PolCouns Janice G. Weiner for reasons 1.4 (b,d).
(C) We passed ref a points to MFA South Caucasus Department
Head Suleyman Gokce on May 22. Gokce said the Turkish
government shares U.S. concerns about Russian activities in
South Ossetia and undertook to convey our information to
other relevant offices in the MFA. Turkish officials have
told us frequently that they are worried about creeping
annexation, support the Georgian peace plan for South
Ossetia, and support Georgia's integration with Euro-Atlantic
institutions (refs b,c).
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/
WILSON