Identifier
Created
Classification
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06NICOSIA773
2006-05-24 11:48:00
SECRET
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:  

CYPRUS WILL NOT ATTEND NAM MINISTERIAL IN KUALA

Tags:  PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR CY 
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DE RUEHNC #0773 1441148
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R 241148Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6074
S E C R E T NICOSIA 000773 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/24/2021
TAGS: PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS WILL NOT ATTEND NAM MINISTERIAL IN KUALA
LUMPUR

REF: STATE 83216

Classified By: Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher; reason 1.4 (b) and (d)

S E C R E T NICOSIA 000773

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/24/2021
TAGS: PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS WILL NOT ATTEND NAM MINISTERIAL IN KUALA
LUMPUR

REF: STATE 83216

Classified By: Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher; reason 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (S) The Republic of Cyprus formally withdrew from the
Non-Aligned Movement following its accession to the European
Union in 2004. A mid-level MFA official did attend a NAM
meeting in Jakarta after the ROC terminated its membership,
but as a "guest" rather than an "observer." We confirmed
with the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Sotos
Liassides, that the GOC would not participate in the May
27-30 meeting in Kuala Lumpur (reftel). Therefore, we did
not deliver reftel message on Iran.


2. (S) Liassides also told us that the ROC had been invited
to participate -- again as "guest" -- at a NAM summit meeting
in Havana in September. According to Liassides, the GOC has
not yet decided whether to send a representative to that
event.
SCHLICHER