Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PRAGUE822
2006-07-20 12:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Prague
Cable title:
CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000822
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
EUR/NCE FOR FICHTE, PM/RSAT FOR DOWLEY, OSD/ISP FOR SADOWSKA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/19/2016
TAGS: MARR MOPPS PREL EZ LA
SUBJECT: CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO
MIDDLE EAST
Classified By: ACTING POL-ECON COUNSELOR KAREN C. REIDER
FOR REASONS 1.4 B & D.
(C) On the margins of his meeting with the Ambassador on a
separate issue, Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek informed that
the Czech government on July 19 approved the deployment of
Czech military to the U.N. stabilization force in Southern
Lebanon. He did not mention any numbers. MOD is currently
working on the operational details. Paroubek also expressed
his skepticism that Israel would be able to clear out
Hezbollah from Lebanon given Hezbollah's entrenched ties to
local communities.
CABANISS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
EUR/NCE FOR FICHTE, PM/RSAT FOR DOWLEY, OSD/ISP FOR SADOWSKA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/19/2016
TAGS: MARR MOPPS PREL EZ LA
SUBJECT: CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO
MIDDLE EAST
Classified By: ACTING POL-ECON COUNSELOR KAREN C. REIDER
FOR REASONS 1.4 B & D.
(C) On the margins of his meeting with the Ambassador on a
separate issue, Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek informed that
the Czech government on July 19 approved the deployment of
Czech military to the U.N. stabilization force in Southern
Lebanon. He did not mention any numbers. MOD is currently
working on the operational details. Paroubek also expressed
his skepticism that Israel would be able to clear out
Hezbollah from Lebanon given Hezbollah's entrenched ties to
local communities.
CABANISS