Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06VILNIUS707
2006-07-31 14:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vilnius
Cable title:
LITHUANIA: FINNISH PRESIDENCY OK TO INVITE
how-toVZCZCXRO5918 RR RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHVL #0707 2121455 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 311455Z JUL 06 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY VILNIUS TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0435 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 000707
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/30/2016
TAGS: PGOV PHUM LH BU
SUBJECT: LITHUANIA: FINNISH PRESIDENCY OK TO INVITE
BURMESE FM TO ASEM
REF: SECSTATE 124139
Classified By: Pol/econ officer Traver Gudie for reasons 1.4 b,d
(C) Lithuania will not engage the EU presidency to withdraw
or downgrade the invitation to the Burmese Foreign Minister
to attend the September 10-11 Asia Europe meeting in
Helsinki. We delivered reftel points urging Lithuania to do
so to Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy Department
Tomas Gulbinas on July 31. Gulbinas did not reply
immediately but responded several hours later to say that the
Finnish Presidency had acted in line with the renewed Common
Position on Burma. He said that because no member state
raised objections to the Common Position, the Finnish
Presidency's invitation to the Burmese Minister would "not be
included into the EU agenda at this particular moment."
KELLY