UKRAINE: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ TEXT PROVIDED

C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 003074 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT ALSO FOR PM, NEA/I, AND EUR/UMB E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/17/2017 TAGS: PREL MARR EFIN PARM UNSC IZ UP SUBJECT: UKRAINE: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ TEXT PROVIDED REF: A. STATE 165802 ¶B. KYIV 2902 ¶C. STATE 159862 Classified By: Political Counselor Kent Logsdon for reasons 1.4(b,d) ¶1. (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the draft UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq December 14 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko, Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko, and UN and Other International Organizations UN desk officer Oleh Dubovy. We noted that we were following up our delivery of the U.S.-Iraq Statement of Principles (ref B) in order to keep Ukraine informed, as a nation participating in the Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I),regarding the process that would eventually lead to a legal framework for coalition military activities in Iraq after the Chapter VII mandate expires in December 2008. ¶2. (C) Leshchenko was grateful to receive the text of the draft resolution, which he noted he had not yet received. Radchenko said he would welcome further consultations regarding the agreements to be developed to authorize third-countries to participate in military operations in Iraq. Leshchenko hypothesized that the process might include the negotiation of a Mutual Defense Agreement like the ones that the U.S. had already negotiated with certain Gulf States. ¶3. (U) Visit Embassy Kyiv's classified website: www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev. Taylor