Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06OSLO3
2006-01-03 13:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000003
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/03/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV LE NO
SUBJECT: NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT
REF: SECSTATE 232383
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, reason
1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Advisor Kjetil
Halvorsen on January 3. Halvorsen thanked us for our points
and, while he could not specify what specific action Norway
might take to keep pressure on Syria and Iran, said that
Norway fully supports the disarmament of Lebanese militias.
Halvorsen was quite pessimistic, however, about the prospects
for Hizballah's disarmament, noting that the presence of Shia
ministers in the Lebanese government was likely to limit the
government's actions against Hizballah.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WEBSTER
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/03/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV LE NO
SUBJECT: NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT
REF: SECSTATE 232383
Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, reason
1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Advisor Kjetil
Halvorsen on January 3. Halvorsen thanked us for our points
and, while he could not specify what specific action Norway
might take to keep pressure on Syria and Iran, said that
Norway fully supports the disarmament of Lebanese militias.
Halvorsen was quite pessimistic, however, about the prospects
for Hizballah's disarmament, noting that the presence of Shia
ministers in the Lebanese government was likely to limit the
government's actions against Hizballah.
Visit Oslo's Classified website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m
WEBSTER
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