Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MOSCOW8047
2006-07-27 14:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MFA ON KODORI GORGE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 008047
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS
SUBJECT: GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MFA ON KODORI GORGE
Classified By: A/POL Colin Cleary. Reason 1.4 (b, d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 008047
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS
SUBJECT: GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MFA ON KODORI GORGE
Classified By: A/POL Colin Cleary. Reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) We discussed the Kodori Gorge situation July 27 with
Dmitriy Tarabrin, Acting Director of the MFA Fourth CIS
Department. Tarabrin said the operation had a "military
character" that made it a violation of the May 11 1994
ceasefire agreement on Abkhazia. Russia did not, however,
want to "dramatize" the situation.
2. (C) Tarabrin warned, however, that Georgia should not use
the operation as a mask to create a military stronghold in
Kodori that would threaten Abkhazia. We replied that we have
urged the Georgians not to provoke the Abkhaz and to withdraw
once the police operation was concluded. We urged Russia to
use its influence with the Abkhaz to ensure they remain
quiet. "It is already done," Tarabrin replied.
3. (C) Tarabrin said that the Russian Charge in Tbilisi had
handed the MFA's statement on Kodori to DFM Chechelashvili.
Other than that, there had been no communication between
Russia and Georgia on the issue. We asked about a possible
Putin-Saakashvili meeting. Tarabrin said Putin is in Sochi
most of August, but soon thereafter was a possibility. He
added that the MFA had tried to convince the Presidential
Administration to set aside an hour for Saakashvili at the
informal CIS Summit in Moscow on July 21-22. The
Presidential Administration had refused.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS
SUBJECT: GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MFA ON KODORI GORGE
Classified By: A/POL Colin Cleary. Reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) We discussed the Kodori Gorge situation July 27 with
Dmitriy Tarabrin, Acting Director of the MFA Fourth CIS
Department. Tarabrin said the operation had a "military
character" that made it a violation of the May 11 1994
ceasefire agreement on Abkhazia. Russia did not, however,
want to "dramatize" the situation.
2. (C) Tarabrin warned, however, that Georgia should not use
the operation as a mask to create a military stronghold in
Kodori that would threaten Abkhazia. We replied that we have
urged the Georgians not to provoke the Abkhaz and to withdraw
once the police operation was concluded. We urged Russia to
use its influence with the Abkhaz to ensure they remain
quiet. "It is already done," Tarabrin replied.
3. (C) Tarabrin said that the Russian Charge in Tbilisi had
handed the MFA's statement on Kodori to DFM Chechelashvili.
Other than that, there had been no communication between
Russia and Georgia on the issue. We asked about a possible
Putin-Saakashvili meeting. Tarabrin said Putin is in Sochi
most of August, but soon thereafter was a possibility. He
added that the MFA had tried to convince the Presidential
Administration to set aside an hour for Saakashvili at the
informal CIS Summit in Moscow on July 21-22. The
Presidential Administration had refused.
BURNS