Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07VIENNA1466
2007-06-01 14:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001466
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/01/2017
TAGS: OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE
"CHARTER"
REF: STATE 69698
Classified By: Economic Unit Chief Phillip R. Nelson for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 001466
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/01/2017
TAGS: OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE
"CHARTER"
REF: STATE 69698
Classified By: Economic Unit Chief Phillip R. Nelson for reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
¶1. (C) On June 1, EconUnit Chief met with Margit Waestfelt,
Austria's Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE, to
present USG points in reftel regarding the Russian proposal
for an OSCE "charter." Waestfelt said Austria agreed with
the USG position that the experts group had a limited mandate
to develop a convention establishing legal personality, legal
capacity, and appropriate privileges and immunities for the
OSCE. Waestfelt added that work on the convention was
nearing completion and that injecting the Russian proposal
into the process would be counterproductive.
Kilner