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07SKOPJE38
2007-01-17 13:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Skopje
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MACEDONIA ON NEW IRAQ STRATEGY -- WILL STAY THE

Tags:  MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ MK 
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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

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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.
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