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07NICOSIA1005
2007-12-20 15:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:  

CYPRUS TO CONSULT EU PARTNERS BEFORE COMMITTING ON

Tags:  AORC CY 
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RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV
DE RUEHNC #1005 3541539
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 201539Z DEC 07
FM AMEMBASSY NICOSIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8427
INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
RUEHEG/AMEMBASSY CAIRO 0256
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0534
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0451
RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA 3344
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 0075
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0075
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0004
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1039
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
UNCLAS NICOSIA 001005 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/UNP, EUR/SE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AORC CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS TO CONSULT EU PARTNERS BEFORE COMMITTING ON 
UN BUDGET 
 
REF: SECSTATE 168902 
 
Per reftel, PolOff demarched First Secretary Marios 
Kountourides in the Cypriot MFA's Department of Multilateral 
Affairs regarding the urgency of reaching a decision in New 
York on the 2008-09 UN budget. Kountourides responded that 
Cyprus had not yet formulated its official position. In 
doing so, he would need to consult with fellow EU 
member-state representatives, the Cypriot UN PermRep, and his 
colleagues at Cyprus's EU mission in Brussels. While not 
stating it, he implied that Cyprus would follow EU consensus 
regarding the UN budget. Kountarides understood, however, 
that member-states were far from reaching agreement. 
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