Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ROME2339
2007-11-16 17:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002339
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP J FITZGERALD
AF/E W SCHOFIELD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2017
TAGS: UNSC PREL ET ER IT
SUBJECT: EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH
TOWARD NOVEMBER 30 DEADLINE
REF: SECSTATE 153831
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002339
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP J FITZGERALD
AF/E W SCHOFIELD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2017
TAGS: UNSC PREL ET ER IT
SUBJECT: EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH
TOWARD NOVEMBER 30 DEADLINE
REF: SECSTATE 153831
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa
Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli November 15. Poloff
sought Italian agreement on a unified approach to avoid
pressure on Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement the
Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) "virtual
demarcation" of the border by map coordinates. Pignatelli
agreed enthusiastically with our points. He said Italy fully
supports UN Under Secretary General Lynn Pascoe's attempts to
mediate the conflict, saying it was our best chance for
lowering tensions and resolving the disputes between the
parties.
2. (C) Pignatelli said he thought the conflict now boiled
down to a question of face saving for both sides. Given
Eritrea's declaration in September that it would begin to
remove its military forces from the Temporary Security Zone
(TSZ) as soon as demarcation begins, Pignatelli saw some room
for hope, if enough trust could be restored to allow
simultaneous commencement of demarcation on the ground and
the removal of Eritrean troops from the TSZ. To supervise
such a coordinated, simultaneous action, Pignatelli thought
it might be possible to extend the mandate of the EEBC with
the consent of both parties.
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
IO/UNP J FITZGERALD
AF/E W SCHOFIELD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2017
TAGS: UNSC PREL ET ER IT
SUBJECT: EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH
TOWARD NOVEMBER 30 DEADLINE
REF: SECSTATE 153831
Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa
Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli November 15. Poloff
sought Italian agreement on a unified approach to avoid
pressure on Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement the
Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) "virtual
demarcation" of the border by map coordinates. Pignatelli
agreed enthusiastically with our points. He said Italy fully
supports UN Under Secretary General Lynn Pascoe's attempts to
mediate the conflict, saying it was our best chance for
lowering tensions and resolving the disputes between the
parties.
2. (C) Pignatelli said he thought the conflict now boiled
down to a question of face saving for both sides. Given
Eritrea's declaration in September that it would begin to
remove its military forces from the Temporary Security Zone
(TSZ) as soon as demarcation begins, Pignatelli saw some room
for hope, if enough trust could be restored to allow
simultaneous commencement of demarcation on the ground and
the removal of Eritrean troops from the TSZ. To supervise
such a coordinated, simultaneous action, Pignatelli thought
it might be possible to extend the mandate of the EEBC with
the consent of both parties.
SPOGLI