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06BUCHAREST309
2006-02-22 15:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bucharest
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ROMANIA RECEIVED GAERC DEMARCHE

Tags:  KPAL PREL RO 
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STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - WILLIAM SILKWORTH

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2016
TAGS: KPAL PREL RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIA RECEIVED GAERC DEMARCHE

REF: SECSTATE 25937

Classified By: Political Chief Robert Gilchrist for Reasons 1.4 B and D

(C) PolOff delivered reftel GAERC demarche to Livia Rusu, MFA
Director for EU External Relations on February 21. She
appreciated our points as she said that Romania has not yet
finalized its talking points for the GAERC. She offered few
insights on the different points. On Kosovo, she said the
EU's way forward - a Thessaloniki plus agenda - was on the EU
Commission's website. On Bosnia, she said Romania shares the
U.S. feeling. On Hamas, she mentioned Solana's tour of the
region and discussions with Mahmood Abas. She also noted that
the GAERC would discuss EU reaction to the cartoons. On
Congo, Rusu said that the working groups would discuss
support for a UN Mission during their meetings this week. On
Iran, she mentioned that the EU's position thus far was to
ask Iran to give access to IAEA inspectors. She was not
optimistic that the EU would even begin to consider possible
sanctions that it could eventually raise should Iran refuse
to alter its course. She noted the irony that Iran has now
boycotted Denmark, rather than vice-versa.
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