Identifier
Created
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07ROME1873
2007-09-04 16:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001873
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT
SUBJECT: D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA
AND KOSOVO; CONCEDE LIKELIHOOD OF SUPERVISED INDEPENDENCE
Classified By: Classified by Jonathan R. Cohen, Acting Political Minist
er Counselor, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001873
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NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT
SUBJECT: D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA
AND KOSOVO; CONCEDE LIKELIHOOD OF SUPERVISED INDEPENDENCE
Classified By: Classified by Jonathan R. Cohen, Acting Political Minist
er Counselor, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C/NF) Summary. On August 29, EU representative to the
Troika Wolfgang Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in Rome to
discuss the way forward on Kosovo. D'Alema and Ischinger
agreed that Serbia and Kosovo should look toward EU
integration as a way to achieve regional stability.
Ischinger stated that while the EU should take the lead in
helping the Pristina and Belgrade reach a solution, the EU
would neither mediate negotiations nor present its own plan.
Ischinger noted that should the two sides fail to reach an
agreement, the Ahtisaari plan remains on the table.
Privately, Ischinger and D'Alema were pessimistic about the
possibility of a mutually agreed solution and believed
supervised independence would be the likely outcome. End
Summary.
2. (C/NF) On August 29 in Rome EU Troika representative
Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in advance of the August 30
talks in Vienna. In statements to the press, Ischinger
characterized the Kosovo issue as "Europe's frozen conflict"
and noted that the status quo was untenable. D'Alema and
Ischinger agreed that EU integration of both Serbia and
Kosovo should be the ultimate outcome, regardless of the
final status solution. In Ischinger's view, the Troika
should facilitate but not mediate negotiations between
Pristina and Belgrade, nor should the EU or the Troika
present any new plans. The EU would support any mutually
acceptable solution, but if the two sides fail to come to an
agreement, the Ahtisaari plan remained on the table.
Ischinger and D'Alema noted that the international community
has done everything possible to lead the two parties to a
negotiated solution, and should this final period of
discussion prove ineffective, the failure would rest squarely
with the two parties.
3. (C/NF) On the question of Russia, Ischinger noted that the
international community had made it clear that the Kosovo
issue is a special case and cannot serve as a precedent for
resolving other frozen conflicts. Ischinger surmised that
Russia understood this, "otherwise they would not have
participated in the Troika".
4. (C/NF) Comment. According to the German Polcouns,
privately Ischinger and D'Alema were pessimistic about the
possibility of a negotiated solution and agreed that the
process was headed toward supervised independence. Ischinger
had been concerned about possible Italian lack of support for
supervised independence in the absence of a UNSC resolution.
Instead, he found that D'Alema recognized a relatively quick
solution was necessary and would likely involve difficult
decisions by Italy and the rest of the EU.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT
SUBJECT: D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA
AND KOSOVO; CONCEDE LIKELIHOOD OF SUPERVISED INDEPENDENCE
Classified By: Classified by Jonathan R. Cohen, Acting Political Minist
er Counselor, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C/NF) Summary. On August 29, EU representative to the
Troika Wolfgang Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in Rome to
discuss the way forward on Kosovo. D'Alema and Ischinger
agreed that Serbia and Kosovo should look toward EU
integration as a way to achieve regional stability.
Ischinger stated that while the EU should take the lead in
helping the Pristina and Belgrade reach a solution, the EU
would neither mediate negotiations nor present its own plan.
Ischinger noted that should the two sides fail to reach an
agreement, the Ahtisaari plan remains on the table.
Privately, Ischinger and D'Alema were pessimistic about the
possibility of a mutually agreed solution and believed
supervised independence would be the likely outcome. End
Summary.
2. (C/NF) On August 29 in Rome EU Troika representative
Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in advance of the August 30
talks in Vienna. In statements to the press, Ischinger
characterized the Kosovo issue as "Europe's frozen conflict"
and noted that the status quo was untenable. D'Alema and
Ischinger agreed that EU integration of both Serbia and
Kosovo should be the ultimate outcome, regardless of the
final status solution. In Ischinger's view, the Troika
should facilitate but not mediate negotiations between
Pristina and Belgrade, nor should the EU or the Troika
present any new plans. The EU would support any mutually
acceptable solution, but if the two sides fail to come to an
agreement, the Ahtisaari plan remained on the table.
Ischinger and D'Alema noted that the international community
has done everything possible to lead the two parties to a
negotiated solution, and should this final period of
discussion prove ineffective, the failure would rest squarely
with the two parties.
3. (C/NF) On the question of Russia, Ischinger noted that the
international community had made it clear that the Kosovo
issue is a special case and cannot serve as a precedent for
resolving other frozen conflicts. Ischinger surmised that
Russia understood this, "otherwise they would not have
participated in the Troika".
4. (C/NF) Comment. According to the German Polcouns,
privately Ischinger and D'Alema were pessimistic about the
possibility of a negotiated solution and agreed that the
process was headed toward supervised independence. Ischinger
had been concerned about possible Italian lack of support for
supervised independence in the absence of a UNSC resolution.
Instead, he found that D'Alema recognized a relatively quick
solution was necessary and would likely involve difficult
decisions by Italy and the rest of the EU.
SPOGLI