SLOVENIA: MDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE PRIOR TO JUNE 20

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000379 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/NCE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA: MDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE PRIOR TO JUNE 20 CONFERENCE REF: SECSTATE 95211 ¶1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points 13 June to Bojana Cipot at the Slovene MFA's Department for International Organizations. Cipot noted that Slovenia's representative has commented that the atmosphere in Geneva in the runup to the Conference is "not positive" and that "political will is weak" to reach a consensus because of the large differences between the Israeli and Palestinian sides. ¶2. (SBU) Cipot said Slovenia supports the Swiss proposal for the Third Additional Protocol. She also said that Slovenia views the U.S. position as positive and opined that Slovenia hopes to see "good results" from the Conference. Cipot further noted that Slovenia did not support a proposal from "a few countries" to postpone the Conference, indicating that Slovenia's position was that this would be counterproductive. ROBERTSON