Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07VIENNA2430
2007-09-18 13:24:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON: AUSTRIA IN THE EU
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 002430
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA/ELA MATTHEW IRWIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2022
TAGS: PREL IS LE SY EUN AU
SUBJECT: EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON: AUSTRIA IN THE EU
HERD
REF: STATE 128335
Classified By: A/DCM Dean Yap. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) A/DCM and POLOFF met 9/17 with Austrian MFA Middle East
Department Director Ralph Scheide and senior staffer Wolfgang
Lapuh to discuss, inter alia, reftel demarche. Lapuh
reported that Austria is comfortable with the EU consensus
position in support of a well-structured fact-finding mission
and indicated that the main unresolved issue was the question
of timing, on which he said Austria is agnostic. He did
indicate that Austria placed some credence in the analysis
that Syria is reasonably serious about cooperating on border
monitoring and said that, if the political process in Lebanon
works, he believed a mission will be organized. Such a
missionwould be tasked with evaluating Syria's willingness to
resume border delineation, Lapuh thought. He reported that
he expected no definite decision on the fact-finding Mission
until the October GAERC. The next PC might, he suggested,
task Solana with preparing draft terms of reference for the
fact-finders.
McCaw
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NEA/ELA MATTHEW IRWIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2022
TAGS: PREL IS LE SY EUN AU
SUBJECT: EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON: AUSTRIA IN THE EU
HERD
REF: STATE 128335
Classified By: A/DCM Dean Yap. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) A/DCM and POLOFF met 9/17 with Austrian MFA Middle East
Department Director Ralph Scheide and senior staffer Wolfgang
Lapuh to discuss, inter alia, reftel demarche. Lapuh
reported that Austria is comfortable with the EU consensus
position in support of a well-structured fact-finding mission
and indicated that the main unresolved issue was the question
of timing, on which he said Austria is agnostic. He did
indicate that Austria placed some credence in the analysis
that Syria is reasonably serious about cooperating on border
monitoring and said that, if the political process in Lebanon
works, he believed a mission will be organized. Such a
missionwould be tasked with evaluating Syria's willingness to
resume border delineation, Lapuh thought. He reported that
he expected no definite decision on the fact-finding Mission
until the October GAERC. The next PC might, he suggested,
task Solana with preparing draft terms of reference for the
fact-finders.
McCaw