Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06RIGA628
2006-08-07 13:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Riga
Cable title:
LATVIA ON DRAFT LEBANON UNSCR
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2011
TAGS: PREL PTER MOPS UNSC LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA ON DRAFT LEBANON UNSCR
REF: STATE 128442
Classified By: Ambassador Catherine Todd Bailey. Reason: 1.4(D)
(C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points and draft UNSCR to
Kaspars Ozolins, MFA director of security policy, afternoon
of August 7, while noting that per press reports, it was
possible the draft resolution would be amended.
Nevertheless, our principles remained the same. Ozolins
appreciated the briefing, saying it was useful to have the
U.S. views to "balance" what they hear from Brussels. He
strongly agreed that it was critical that any solution avoid
a return to the status quo ante; allowing Hezbollah to
reestablish itself in the south would prevent a long term
solution. In that regard, it was important, he said, for the
follow-on international force to be deployed quickly. He
asked for more information about the force and any planning
currently underway. Asked if Latvia would potentially
consider participation in a future force, Ozolins underscored
the fact that current Latvian deployments in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Kosovo were at the upper limit of Latvia's
capacity.
Bailey
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2011
TAGS: PREL PTER MOPS UNSC LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA ON DRAFT LEBANON UNSCR
REF: STATE 128442
Classified By: Ambassador Catherine Todd Bailey. Reason: 1.4(D)
(C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points and draft UNSCR to
Kaspars Ozolins, MFA director of security policy, afternoon
of August 7, while noting that per press reports, it was
possible the draft resolution would be amended.
Nevertheless, our principles remained the same. Ozolins
appreciated the briefing, saying it was useful to have the
U.S. views to "balance" what they hear from Brussels. He
strongly agreed that it was critical that any solution avoid
a return to the status quo ante; allowing Hezbollah to
reestablish itself in the south would prevent a long term
solution. In that regard, it was important, he said, for the
follow-on international force to be deployed quickly. He
asked for more information about the force and any planning
currently underway. Asked if Latvia would potentially
consider participation in a future force, Ozolins underscored
the fact that current Latvian deployments in Iraq,
Afghanistan and Kosovo were at the upper limit of Latvia's
capacity.
Bailey