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06LJUBLJANA55
2006-01-26 04:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ljubljana
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SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 30 GAERC

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C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000055 

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DEPT FOR EUR/ERA HBISHARAT, EUR/NCE VTRIM

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/26/2016
TAGS: PREL
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 30 GAERC

REF: SECSTATE 11254

Classified By: COM Thomas B. Robertson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000055

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR EUR/ERA HBISHARAT, EUR/NCE VTRIM

E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/26/2016
TAGS: PREL
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 30 GAERC

REF: SECSTATE 11254

Classified By: COM Thomas B. Robertson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (U) Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points with MFA EU
Correspondent Peter Grk January 25, 2006.


2. (C) Iran: Grk thought the most important item on the
GAERC agenda would be Iran and what the EU-3 would have to
say. He said Slovenia hoped the international community
would speak with one voice and that if Iran is referred to
the UN Security Council after the February 2 IAEA Board of
Governors meeting, we would need to be very precise about the
actions we are looking for. Grk said Slovenia supports
referral and that the EU and US seem to be of the same mind
on next steps with Tehran. He took on our points about being
clear to Syria and Iran about their meddling in Iraq. When
asked, Grk said he had not seen any reporting on the
impending IAEA board meeting out of Tehran (where Slovenia
has a mission) but he was aware that the EU missions did have
biweekly meetings.


3. (SBU) MEPP: Grk was curious about US policy should HAMAS
gain a critical mass in the new Parliament. The EU needs to
work out its policies, too and he thought this would be
another important conversation at the GAERC.


4. (C) Belarus: Grk predicted it would be hard to get a
meeting with Lukasenko since the Fried/Cooper message is "not
a message they want to receive." On potential sanctions, Grk
expressed the view that they might not be very effective
since the Belarussian government would not care as long as it
had Russia covering its back. He agreed some extra measures
should be taken, however. There are some strong business
ties between Slovenia and Belarus, but Grk said he had not
heard about any companies weighing in yet on commercial
interests that could be at stake should comprehensive
sanctions be put into place.


5. (SBU) Montenegro: Grk said the word of the day on
Montenegro was "incentives" both for Belgrade and Podgorica.
The GOS is satisfied with EU special rep Lacjak because of
his experience in the region and language skills. They think
he is doing a credible job of trying to ensure the legitimacy
of the Montenegrin referendum.


6. (SBU) Kosovo: Slovenia supports Ahtisaari's bottom up
approach on Kosovo, agreeing that with the loss of Rugova, it
will be important to keep both sides focused on
practicalities of the negotiations. Grk said the EU would
also be looking at what went right and what went wrong with
Bosnia to help guide its engagement in Kosovo in going
forward. He talked of ensuring Kosovar ownership of programs
and building local capacity from the outset.
ROBERTSON


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