ESTONIA TO SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS AGAINST

UNCLAS TALLINN 000695 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EPA/MLA AARON COPE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PHUM BM EN SUBJECT: ESTONIA TO SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA REF: STATE 146862 ¶1. (U) On October 24, 2007, poloff met with Thea Karin, Burma Desk officer at the MFA. Karin acknowledged the demarche points and indicated that the EU will be meeting in Brussels next Thursday (November 1) to continue a discussion on possible sanctions. Karin pointed out that as the EU will act as a common entity on this point, the Government of Estonia will support the common EU position. Karin also stated that Estonia supports the idea that sanctions should be targeted towards regime leaders and should not negatively effect civilians. The Government of Estonia would also like to avoid any situation which results in the political isolation of Burma. DECKER