Identifier
Created
Classification
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07BRUSSELS995
2007-03-26 14:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brussels
Cable title:
BELGIUM: DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRUSSELS 000995
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU BE
SUBJECT: BELGIUM: DEMARCHE TO SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS
REF: STATE 37835
Classified By: POLCOUNS TED ANDREWS. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
(C) Charge Imbrie and poloff relayed reftel points March 26
to Walter Stevens, FM De Gucht's Deputy Chief of Cabinet, and
Thomas Antoine, the MFA's Director for the Balkans. Both
indicated Belgium plans to support the recommendations for
Kosovo of UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari. When asked
whether Belgium would also encourage other European states to
support Ahtisaari's proposed status arrangements, Antoine
replied that Belgium and the U.S. were "on the same page, you
have no problems here." Antoine went on to call Ahtisaari's
proposal the "lesser evil -- the alternative would be worse."
IMBRIE
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