Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SKOPJE38
2007-01-17 13:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Skopje
Cable title:
MACEDONIA ON NEW IRAQ STRATEGY -- WILL STAY THE
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UNCLAS SKOPJE 000038
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/SCE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ MK
SUBJECT: MACEDONIA ON NEW IRAQ STRATEGY -- WILL STAY THE
COURSE ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS
REF: STATE 3592
(SBU) Drawing on reftel points, P/E Chief briefed MFA State
Secretary Igor Ilievski on January 12 on the President's new
SIPDIS
Iraq strategy. Ilievski welcomed the update and said
Macedonia remained committed to its troop contributions to
coalition operations in Iraq. He said the GOM also was still
considering opening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad, but that
high security costs prevented them from doing so at present.
He added that the government would be able to make a stronger
case to the public for a diplomatic presence in Iraq if
Macedonian construction firms, which had operated in Iraq
before 1991, were able to participate in reconstruction
projects there.
MILOVANOVIC