Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06REYKJAVIK125
2006-04-05 10:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Reykjavik
Cable title:
ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S
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C O N F I D E N T I A L REYKJAVIK 000125
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2016
TAGS: MARR PREL GG IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S
INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE
REF: SECSTATE 51994
Classified By: AMBASSADOR CAROL VAN VOORST, REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L REYKJAVIK 000125
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2016
TAGS: MARR PREL GG IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S
INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE
REF: SECSTATE 51994
Classified By: AMBASSADOR CAROL VAN VOORST, REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on April 4 to Thordur
Bjarni Gudjonsson, Icelandic MFA Head of Security and
Disarmament Division. Gudjonsson affirmed that Iceland
agrees with U.S. points and will support intensified dialogue
(ID) on NATO membership with Georgia. A Georgian delegation
headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Manjgaladze and
Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin
Gabashvili visited Reykjavik March 27-28 to brief the
Government of Iceland on democratic developments in Georgia
and to urge integration of Georgia into Euro-Atlantic
structures. According to Gudjonsson, the Georgians made a
compelling case that their country has shown tremendous
democratic progress.
2. (C) Comment: Iceland strongly supports NATO enlargement
so long as the process remains merit-based. Iceland is also
ordinarily inclined to join NATO consensus. If Allies are
largely sympathetic to ID, and later a Membership Action
Plan, for Georgia, Iceland will comfortably follow their
lead. End comment.
van Voorst
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2016
TAGS: MARR PREL GG IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S
INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE
REF: SECSTATE 51994
Classified By: AMBASSADOR CAROL VAN VOORST, REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on April 4 to Thordur
Bjarni Gudjonsson, Icelandic MFA Head of Security and
Disarmament Division. Gudjonsson affirmed that Iceland
agrees with U.S. points and will support intensified dialogue
(ID) on NATO membership with Georgia. A Georgian delegation
headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgi Manjgaladze and
Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin
Gabashvili visited Reykjavik March 27-28 to brief the
Government of Iceland on democratic developments in Georgia
and to urge integration of Georgia into Euro-Atlantic
structures. According to Gudjonsson, the Georgians made a
compelling case that their country has shown tremendous
democratic progress.
2. (C) Comment: Iceland strongly supports NATO enlargement
so long as the process remains merit-based. Iceland is also
ordinarily inclined to join NATO consensus. If Allies are
largely sympathetic to ID, and later a Membership Action
Plan, for Georgia, Iceland will comfortably follow their
lead. End comment.
van Voorst