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06WARSAW1687
2006-08-14 10:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Warsaw
Cable title:
LEBANON UPDATE: POLISH PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTING
how-tonull Anne W McNeill 10/13/2006 02:34:25 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS WARSAW 01687 SIPDIS CXWARSAW: ACTION: POL INFO: PASC ORA AMB AGRI MGT RSO ODC FCS ECON DCM DAO CONS DISSEMINATION: POLO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: POL:DTMORRIS DRAFTED: POL:DTMORRIS CLEARED: NONE VZCZCWRI399 OO RUEHC RUCNDT RUEHZL RUEHNO RUEHBS DE RUEHWR #1687 2261028 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 141028Z AUG 06 FM AMEMBASSY WARSAW TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1663 INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 1355 RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 0058 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
UNCLAS WARSAW 001687
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON UPDATE: POLISH PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTING
UNSCR 1701
REF: A. WARSAW 1684
B. STATE 132517
C. WARSAW 1682 (NOTAL)
D. WARSAW 1664 (NOTAL)
UNCLAS WARSAW 001687
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON UPDATE: POLISH PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTING
UNSCR 1701
REF: A. WARSAW 1684
¶B. STATE 132517
¶C. WARSAW 1682 (NOTAL)
¶D. WARSAW 1664 (NOTAL)
¶1. (U) As previewed Ref A, The Polish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs issued the following public statement on UNSCR 1701
on August 12:
BEGIN TEXT
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes with pleasure the
unanimous passage by the UN Security Council of the
resolution regarding the cessation of military operations in
the Middle East. We express our hope that both sides in the
conflict will comply with the provisions of the resolution ,
which will allow a suspension of the growing conflict and
will open a road to its resolution.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes with satisfaction the
passages in the resolution regarding a broadening of the
mandate and an increase in the potential of the existing UN
peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms Poland's interest in
maintaining its long-standing participation in the UN Interim
Force in Lebanon. A decision regarding any eventual increase
in our engagement will be taken following a detailed analysis
of the new situation and after appropriate consultations with
our partners.
Andrzej Sados, Press Spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Republic of Poland
END TEXT.
¶2. (U) In an interview appearing August 14 in the Polish
daily Dziennik, MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski stated that,
should the GOP take the decision to deploy additional troops
to Lebanon, there were sufficient personnel available for the
mission, because fewer troops would be necessary than had
been originally planned for Poland's deployment to
Afghanistan next year. (N.B. Poland was originally scheduled
to take over the rotating ISAF command in 2007. The switch
to a Consolidated Command has resulted in a decrease in the
number of Polish personnel required for their ISAF
commitment, from roughly 1000 down to roughly 700.)
HILLAS