Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MOSCOW1835
2007-04-20 12:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2"
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 001835
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
SUBJECT: TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2"
REF: A) CHISINAU 433 AND PREVIOUS B) STATE 49729 C)
MOSCOW 1579
Classified By: PolMilCouns Alice G. Wells. Reason: 1.4 (b, d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 001835
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
SUBJECT: TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2"
REF: A) CHISINAU 433 AND PREVIOUS B) STATE 49729 C)
MOSCOW 1579
Classified By: PolMilCouns Alice G. Wells. Reason: 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between
Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA
Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor
Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and
Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned
articles by Vladimir Socor, Edward Lucas, etc., and that
these appeared to be based on real conversations held by
Voronin.
2. (C) Nesterushkin basically denied the stories, though
using his usual sarcasm and periphrasis to avoid an explicit
denial. He said the Socor article was the first he had heard
of such a plan ("but I have plenty of old plans lying around
in my desk, if you want me to present one").
3. (C) The other two were more categorical. Sorokin said
that the only document Russia has on the table is the draft
Transit Protocol, designed to duplicate the exceptions
granted Ukraine to Moldova's transit regime through
Transnistria. Sorokin refused to speculate on the origins of
reports of the "Kozak-2" plan.
4. (C) Kuzin flatly denied that there could be such a plan.
He speculated that its existence had been floated by persons
trying to exacerbate the distrust already prevailing between
Moldova and Transnistria. He said that efforts towards a
resolution would have to be slow and laborious, and Russia
will not engage in such "explosively" radical departures.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
SUBJECT: TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2"
REF: A) CHISINAU 433 AND PREVIOUS B) STATE 49729 C)
MOSCOW 1579
Classified By: PolMilCouns Alice G. Wells. Reason: 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between
Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA
Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor
Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and
Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned
articles by Vladimir Socor, Edward Lucas, etc., and that
these appeared to be based on real conversations held by
Voronin.
2. (C) Nesterushkin basically denied the stories, though
using his usual sarcasm and periphrasis to avoid an explicit
denial. He said the Socor article was the first he had heard
of such a plan ("but I have plenty of old plans lying around
in my desk, if you want me to present one").
3. (C) The other two were more categorical. Sorokin said
that the only document Russia has on the table is the draft
Transit Protocol, designed to duplicate the exceptions
granted Ukraine to Moldova's transit regime through
Transnistria. Sorokin refused to speculate on the origins of
reports of the "Kozak-2" plan.
4. (C) Kuzin flatly denied that there could be such a plan.
He speculated that its existence had been floated by persons
trying to exacerbate the distrust already prevailing between
Moldova and Transnistria. He said that efforts towards a
resolution would have to be slow and laborious, and Russia
will not engage in such "explosively" radical departures.
BURNS