Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07WARSAW2368
2007-12-13 14:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Warsaw
Cable title:
CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 002368
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PM/WRA KATHERINE BAKER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2017
TAGS: PARM PREL NATO
SUBJECT: CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO
PROCESS ASAP
REF: SECSTATE 164503
Classified By: Polcouns Mary T. Curtin for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 002368
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PM/WRA KATHERINE BAKER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2017
TAGS: PARM PREL NATO
SUBJECT: CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO
PROCESS ASAP
REF: SECSTATE 164503
Classified By: Polcouns Mary T. Curtin for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) In response to Poloff's deliver of reftel demarche,
Andrzej Suda of the Security Policy Department at the MFA,
underscored Poland's support for the Convention on
Conventional Weapons (CCW) and urged immediate action to
counter the growing momentum of the Oslo process. Suda noted
that Oslo already had 84 participants and aimed to conclude a
treaty banning cluster munitions by September 2008. He
speculated that if the Oslo process culminated in a treaty,
then Poland and other European states would face steadily
increasing political pressure to comply with it and thereby
abandon the CCW as a forum for dealing with cluster
munitions.
2. (C) Suda urged unified NATO opposition with an argument
based on Oslo's threat to "interoperability." He understood
that since the Oslo process threatened to criminalize
military cooperation with countries that use cluster
munitions, it could hinder the interoperability of NATO
forces. For example, if Poland were penalized because its
forces cooperated with U.S. forces, who could use cluster
munitions, would undermine the efforts of various NATO
nations to work together in places like Afghanistan. He
thought this might be the most effective argument against the
Oslo process.
ASHE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PM/WRA KATHERINE BAKER
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2017
TAGS: PARM PREL NATO
SUBJECT: CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO
PROCESS ASAP
REF: SECSTATE 164503
Classified By: Polcouns Mary T. Curtin for reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
1. (C) In response to Poloff's deliver of reftel demarche,
Andrzej Suda of the Security Policy Department at the MFA,
underscored Poland's support for the Convention on
Conventional Weapons (CCW) and urged immediate action to
counter the growing momentum of the Oslo process. Suda noted
that Oslo already had 84 participants and aimed to conclude a
treaty banning cluster munitions by September 2008. He
speculated that if the Oslo process culminated in a treaty,
then Poland and other European states would face steadily
increasing political pressure to comply with it and thereby
abandon the CCW as a forum for dealing with cluster
munitions.
2. (C) Suda urged unified NATO opposition with an argument
based on Oslo's threat to "interoperability." He understood
that since the Oslo process threatened to criminalize
military cooperation with countries that use cluster
munitions, it could hinder the interoperability of NATO
forces. For example, if Poland were penalized because its
forces cooperated with U.S. forces, who could use cluster
munitions, would undermine the efforts of various NATO
nations to work together in places like Afghanistan. He
thought this might be the most effective argument against the
Oslo process.
ASHE