BRIEFING THE POLES ON WHY KOSOVO IS NOT A

C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 002359 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/06/2011 TAGS: PBTS PREL AJ AM GG MD SR SUBJECT: BRIEFING THE POLES ON WHY KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER CONFLICTS REF: STATE 179829 Classified By: Political Counselor Mary Curtin, reasons 1.4(b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski stated that the GOP agreed wholeheartedly with the U.S. position that the resolution of the status of Kosovo should not serve in any way as a precedent for resolving the "frozen conflicts." ¶2. (C) Kuzinski commented that it was important to reinforce this message, as "the Russians have been making more and more suggestions" about just such a precedent. ASHE