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Created
Classification
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07JAKARTA3407
2007-12-17 03:37:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
KOSOVO FINAL STATUS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003407
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DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EUR, EUR/SCE, IO, IO/UNP
NSC FOR EPHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC YI ID
SUBJECT: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA
REF: A. STATE 167211
B. STATE 166909
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003407
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DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EUR, EUR/SCE, IO, IO/UNP
NSC FOR EPHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC YI ID
SUBJECT: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA
REF: A. STATE 167211
B. STATE 166909
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Kosovo Final Status points
with GOI contacts on December 14, reiterating the points on
December 17. GOI interlocutors did not have any substantive
response, commenting that they would review the points with
Indonesia's mission in New York ahead of the December 19 UNSC
meeting. Pol/C underscored USG support for the Ahtisaari
Plan and urged that Indonesia endorse it on December 19. END
SUMMARY.
2. (C) UNDERSCORING POINTS: On December 14, Pol/C delivered
ref points to contacts in the Department of Foreign Affairs
and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Social and Legal
Affairs. Pol/C stressed the urgent need to resolve the
matter of Kosovo's final status as soon as possible. UN SYG
Ban and all members of the Contact Group agreed that the
status quo was not sustainable. Kosovo's political and
economic development will be held back so long as there is
uncertainty about its final status.
3. (C) Continuing, Pol/C noted that the proposal for
supervised independence--negotiated by UN Special Envoy
Martti Ahtisaari--represented the best way forward. Pol/C
urged Indonesia, as a member of the UNSC, to support the
resolution of Kosovo's status as quickly as possible per the
Ahtisaari Plan and voice that support at the December 19 UN
Security Council meeting. Pol/C underlined that Kosovo is a
special case for many complex reasons and there is no grounds
to believe that it will set a precedent for separatism
elsewhere.
4. (C) GOI RESPONSE: Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for
International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),responded that he
would review the USG position with other DEPLU officials and
with the Indonesian Mission to the UN in New York. He did
not have a substantive reaction to the USG points.
5. (C) INDONESIAN CONCERNS: Indonesia is divided on this
matter. It clearly empathizes with the plight of fellow
Muslims in Kosovo. That said--as a large country with
integration problems--it worries about separatism and
precedents based on that. We believe that the USG should
continue to underscore the urgent need for a Kosovo
settlement, while underlining that that settlement is sui
generis and can in no way be seen as a precedent re
separatism internationally.
HUME
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EUR, EUR/SCE, IO, IO/UNP
NSC FOR EPHU
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC YI ID
SUBJECT: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA
REF: A. STATE 167211
B. STATE 166909
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph Legend Novak, reasons 1.4 (b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Kosovo Final Status points
with GOI contacts on December 14, reiterating the points on
December 17. GOI interlocutors did not have any substantive
response, commenting that they would review the points with
Indonesia's mission in New York ahead of the December 19 UNSC
meeting. Pol/C underscored USG support for the Ahtisaari
Plan and urged that Indonesia endorse it on December 19. END
SUMMARY.
2. (C) UNDERSCORING POINTS: On December 14, Pol/C delivered
ref points to contacts in the Department of Foreign Affairs
and the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Social and Legal
Affairs. Pol/C stressed the urgent need to resolve the
matter of Kosovo's final status as soon as possible. UN SYG
Ban and all members of the Contact Group agreed that the
status quo was not sustainable. Kosovo's political and
economic development will be held back so long as there is
uncertainty about its final status.
3. (C) Continuing, Pol/C noted that the proposal for
supervised independence--negotiated by UN Special Envoy
Martti Ahtisaari--represented the best way forward. Pol/C
urged Indonesia, as a member of the UNSC, to support the
resolution of Kosovo's status as quickly as possible per the
Ahtisaari Plan and voice that support at the December 19 UN
Security Council meeting. Pol/C underlined that Kosovo is a
special case for many complex reasons and there is no grounds
to believe that it will set a precedent for separatism
elsewhere.
4. (C) GOI RESPONSE: Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for
International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the
Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),responded that he
would review the USG position with other DEPLU officials and
with the Indonesian Mission to the UN in New York. He did
not have a substantive reaction to the USG points.
5. (C) INDONESIAN CONCERNS: Indonesia is divided on this
matter. It clearly empathizes with the plight of fellow
Muslims in Kosovo. That said--as a large country with
integration problems--it worries about separatism and
precedents based on that. We believe that the USG should
continue to underscore the urgent need for a Kosovo
settlement, while underlining that that settlement is sui
generis and can in no way be seen as a precedent re
separatism internationally.
HUME