Identifier
Created
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06LJUBLJANA552
2006-08-24 14:41:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ljubljana
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SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6
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UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000552
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/RPM, EUR/NCE, IO/PKO, PM/RSAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6
TROOPS
REF: A. LJUBLJANA 530
B. LJUBLJANA 501
UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000552
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/RPM, EUR/NCE, IO/PKO, PM/RSAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6
TROOPS
REF: A. LJUBLJANA 530
B. LJUBLJANA 501
1. (U) The desires of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign
Minister Dimitrij Rupel to contribute to UNIFIL (reftels A
and B) have now been backed up with a MoD recommendation to
send between two and six personnel to support the
stabilization of Lebanon. FM Rupel announced August 24 that
a final decision would not be made until next week, when the
government has had a chance to consider the recommendation,
and after he has attended the August 25 meeting of EU Foreign
Ministers with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Brussels.
The government is expected to approve the recommendation.
2. (U) The General Staff of the Slovene Armed Forces prepared
a military recommendation for Defense Minister Karl Erjavec
to present at the first post-holiday meeting of the
government on August 24. The plan will likely see the two
Slovenian troops currently deployed to the United Nations
Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in Syria sent to join
the UNIFIL mission, with the possible addition of two to four
other troops. The MoD advises against sending a larger
contingent given Slovenia's current foreign deployments in
Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Congo, and Iraq.
3. (SBU) Comment: The GOS's early public support of the
UNIFIL mission and their follow through on offering a
contribution of personnel, however modest, demonstrates
Slovenia's continuing commitment to become an active partner
on important political and security issues, even those well
outside Slovenia's traditional regional interests. End
Comment.
ROBERTSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/RPM, EUR/NCE, IO/PKO, PM/RSAT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA'S PROSPECTIVE OFFERING TO UNIFIL: 2 TO 6
TROOPS
REF: A. LJUBLJANA 530
B. LJUBLJANA 501
1. (U) The desires of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign
Minister Dimitrij Rupel to contribute to UNIFIL (reftels A
and B) have now been backed up with a MoD recommendation to
send between two and six personnel to support the
stabilization of Lebanon. FM Rupel announced August 24 that
a final decision would not be made until next week, when the
government has had a chance to consider the recommendation,
and after he has attended the August 25 meeting of EU Foreign
Ministers with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Brussels.
The government is expected to approve the recommendation.
2. (U) The General Staff of the Slovene Armed Forces prepared
a military recommendation for Defense Minister Karl Erjavec
to present at the first post-holiday meeting of the
government on August 24. The plan will likely see the two
Slovenian troops currently deployed to the United Nations
Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in Syria sent to join
the UNIFIL mission, with the possible addition of two to four
other troops. The MoD advises against sending a larger
contingent given Slovenia's current foreign deployments in
Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Congo, and Iraq.
3. (SBU) Comment: The GOS's early public support of the
UNIFIL mission and their follow through on offering a
contribution of personnel, however modest, demonstrates
Slovenia's continuing commitment to become an active partner
on important political and security issues, even those well
outside Slovenia's traditional regional interests. End
Comment.
ROBERTSON