Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ASTANA798
2008-04-25 06:32:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Astana
Cable title:
KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASTANA 000798
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2018
TAGS: PREL GG RS KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
UPGRADED RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: (A) STATE 40673 (B) ASTANA 755
Classified By: Pol-Econ Chief Steven Fagin, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASTANA 000798
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2018
TAGS: PREL GG RS KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
UPGRADED RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: (A) STATE 40673 (B) ASTANA 755
Classified By: Pol-Econ Chief Steven Fagin, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on
discouraging Russia from upgrading relations with Abkhazia
and South Ossetia to MFA Americas Department head Talgat
Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev promised to relay the substance
to his MFA superiors. He reminded Pol-Econ Chief that
Kazakhstan had made its position on Abkhazia clear in MFA
spokesman Yerzhan Ashikbayev's April 7 statement to the press
that it was "premature" for Kazakhstan to consider lifting
CIS sanctions on Abkhazia and that Kazakhstan respects
Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity (see ref B).
Kaliyev said that Dmitri Medvedev was expected to visit
Kazakhstan during May 22-23, which would likely be his first
trip abroad to a CIS country as Russian president. In
preparation, Foreign Minister Tazhin would be visiting Moscow
during the week of April 28. Kaliyev opened up and reviewed
a folder labelled "Consulations with Russian MFA," which
included information on Kazakhstan's position on Abkhazia --
an indication that Tazhin was being prepped to discuss
Abkhazia when in Moscow.
ORDWAY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/25/2018
TAGS: PREL GG RS KZ
SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
UPGRADED RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: (A) STATE 40673 (B) ASTANA 755
Classified By: Pol-Econ Chief Steven Fagin, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on
discouraging Russia from upgrading relations with Abkhazia
and South Ossetia to MFA Americas Department head Talgat
Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev promised to relay the substance
to his MFA superiors. He reminded Pol-Econ Chief that
Kazakhstan had made its position on Abkhazia clear in MFA
spokesman Yerzhan Ashikbayev's April 7 statement to the press
that it was "premature" for Kazakhstan to consider lifting
CIS sanctions on Abkhazia and that Kazakhstan respects
Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity (see ref B).
Kaliyev said that Dmitri Medvedev was expected to visit
Kazakhstan during May 22-23, which would likely be his first
trip abroad to a CIS country as Russian president. In
preparation, Foreign Minister Tazhin would be visiting Moscow
during the week of April 28. Kaliyev opened up and reviewed
a folder labelled "Consulations with Russian MFA," which
included information on Kazakhstan's position on Abkhazia --
an indication that Tazhin was being prepped to discuss
Abkhazia when in Moscow.
ORDWAY