Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ATHENS3002
2006-11-15 15:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREEK ACTION ON BELARUS UN RESOLUTIONS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 003002
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL BO GR
SUBJECT: GREEK ACTION ON BELARUS UN RESOLUTIONS
REF: A. SECSTATE 187018
B. SECSTATE 184178
C. SECSTATE 182267
Classified By: DEPUTY POLCOUNS PAUL CARTER. REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 003002
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL BO GR
SUBJECT: GREEK ACTION ON BELARUS UN RESOLUTIONS
REF: A. SECSTATE 187018
B. SECSTATE 184178
C. SECSTATE 182267
Classified By: DEPUTY POLCOUNS PAUL CARTER. REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On November 15, Dep Polcouns delivered ref a demarche
to Ambassador Aleksandros Rallis and Vassilios Moutsoglou of
the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN, International
Organizations and Conferences, and Disarmament then called
later for a studied response. They said they had forwarded
the U.S. position to the Greek mission in NY, to Minister
Bakoyannis' office, and to the various other MFA offices
concerned with Belarus matters. While they were unable to
provide a definitive answer on how Greece would vote, since
it intended to follow the agreed EU position, Moutsoglou said
unofficially that they found the U.S. arguments persuasive
and that he believed Greece would vote as we had requested.
COUNTRYMAN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL BO GR
SUBJECT: GREEK ACTION ON BELARUS UN RESOLUTIONS
REF: A. SECSTATE 187018
B. SECSTATE 184178
C. SECSTATE 182267
Classified By: DEPUTY POLCOUNS PAUL CARTER. REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) On November 15, Dep Polcouns delivered ref a demarche
to Ambassador Aleksandros Rallis and Vassilios Moutsoglou of
the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN, International
Organizations and Conferences, and Disarmament then called
later for a studied response. They said they had forwarded
the U.S. position to the Greek mission in NY, to Minister
Bakoyannis' office, and to the various other MFA offices
concerned with Belarus matters. While they were unable to
provide a definitive answer on how Greece would vote, since
it intended to follow the agreed EU position, Moutsoglou said
unofficially that they found the U.S. arguments persuasive
and that he believed Greece would vote as we had requested.
COUNTRYMAN