Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06VIENNA3283
2006-11-08 14:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S
VZCZCXRO3381 PP RUEHAG RUEHROV DE RUEHVI #3283 3121442 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 081442Z NOV 06 FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5486 INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV PRIORITY 0005 RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 0482
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 003283
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2016
TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS UP AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S
REFORM EFFORTS
REF: STATE 180222
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Gregory E. Phillips. Reasons: 1
.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 003283
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2016
TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS UP AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S
REFORM EFFORTS
REF: STATE 180222
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Gregory E. Phillips. Reasons: 1
.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to
Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level
Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the
MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer.
2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need
for Ukraine to remain on a path of reform and of integration
into the Euro-Atlantic community. From the Austrian point of
view, he said, it seemed clear that Ukraine wanted to pursue
the path of European integration. What was different was a
matter of emphasis. At least as regards EU matters, PM
Yanukovych now focussed more on concrete achievements and
less on the elaboration of a strategic vision -- although the
latter has not disappeared. In this regard, the EU was
pressing Yanukovich on operational issues, such as
implementing reforms necessary for Ukraine to become a member
of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
3. (C) Litschauer said it was probably true that support for
NATO membership in Ukraine was in a distinct minority.
However, the infrastructure of NATO-Ukraine relations had not
changed, and it was important for Ukraine to continue to make
use of those structures.
Phillips
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2016
TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS UP AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S
REFORM EFFORTS
REF: STATE 180222
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Gregory E. Phillips. Reasons: 1
.4 (b) and (d).
1. (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to
Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level
Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the
MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer.
2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need
for Ukraine to remain on a path of reform and of integration
into the Euro-Atlantic community. From the Austrian point of
view, he said, it seemed clear that Ukraine wanted to pursue
the path of European integration. What was different was a
matter of emphasis. At least as regards EU matters, PM
Yanukovych now focussed more on concrete achievements and
less on the elaboration of a strategic vision -- although the
latter has not disappeared. In this regard, the EU was
pressing Yanukovich on operational issues, such as
implementing reforms necessary for Ukraine to become a member
of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
3. (C) Litschauer said it was probably true that support for
NATO membership in Ukraine was in a distinct minority.
However, the infrastructure of NATO-Ukraine relations had not
changed, and it was important for Ukraine to continue to make
use of those structures.
Phillips