Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06TALLINN1001
2006-11-08 12:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tallinn
Cable title:  

ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND

Tags:  ELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN 
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SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2016
TAGS: ELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND
SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE REFORMS

REF: A) STATE 181103 B) STATE 180222

Classified By: A/DCM Eric A. Johnson for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L TALLINN 001001

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2016
TAGS: ELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND
SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE REFORMS

REF: A) STATE 181103 B) STATE 180222

Classified By: A/DCM Eric A. Johnson for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d)


1. (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A
and B) to
Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central
Asia, and Dr.
Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding
the
decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's
reform
efforts. Foreign Minister Urmas Paet had recently returned
from
visiting Moldova and Ukraine, October 26-29, to discuss both
these
issues. Later on October 30, Ukrainian Foreign Minister
Borys Tarasyuk
visited Estonia where these issues were also raised.


2. (C) Lukk and Kand were both a part of FM Paet's delegation
to
Moldova and Ukraine. Lukk and Kand said most of their time
was spent
discussing the Russian decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow
rail link.
The Moldovan Foreign Minister, Andrei Stratan, asked the
Estonians for
their help in raising this issue with the Ukrainians. As
Kand relayed,
"Stratan said a number of times to Paet that Kyiv is key for
any
solution." However, Stratan seemed very pessimistic that
Ukrainian
Prime Minister Yaunokovych would be sympathetic to Moldova's
situation.
Lukk shared that Poland seemed to have taken the lead on this
issue.
He was surprised by their desire to meet immediately after
the
delegation's return and by how well they knew the situation
on the
ground.


3. (C) Unfortunately, the Estonians were not able to spend
much time
discussing the Chisinau-Moscow rail link with the Ukrainians,
either in
Kyiv or in Tallinn. FM Paet spent most of his time with FM
Borys
Tarasyuk discussing Ukraine's reform efforts for eventual
NATO and EU
membership. According to Lukk, FM Tarasyuk said that both PM
Yaunokovych and President Yushenko supported Ukraine's
eventual NATO
membership -- however, where they differed was on tactics and
timetables. It seemed to Kand "a significant reversal for PM
Yanukovych in light of his previous fiery anti-NATO
rhetoric." FM Paet
pledged close cooperation with Ukraine to assist them in
their reform
efforts.
WOS