Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ATHENS1015
2008-07-16 09:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREECE: EXPANDED NATO TRAINING MSSION-IRAQ PAPERS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 001015
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2018
TAGS: GR IZ MARR PGOV PREL NATO
SUBJECT: GREECE: EXPANDED NATO TRAINING MSSION-IRAQ PAPERS
DELIVERED
REF: STATE 73794
Classified By: A/POL COUNSELOR JEFF HOVENIER. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 001015
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2018
TAGS: GR IZ MARR PGOV PREL NATO
SUBJECT: GREECE: EXPANDED NATO TRAINING MSSION-IRAQ PAPERS
DELIVERED
REF: STATE 73794
Classified By: A/POL COUNSELOR JEFF HOVENIER. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) On 11 July, A/Pol Counselor and POLOFF delivered ref
A points on NTM-I to Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director
of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty
(NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU). A/Pol Counselor
emphasized that now that the NAC had taken a decision to
enhance the NTM-I Missi+n it was essential for Allies to
provi$e the nece3sary resources to make this decisikn a
reality& Asteriades stated Greece wm5ld carefUlly consi$er
these points, but re)terated that Greece baced enormous
political constraints on the question of deploying any
personnel to Iraq, including to NTM-I. After reviewing the
possible requirements, he suggested that Greece might be
prepared to consider providing temporary guest lecturers at
the National Defense University. We reiterated that NTM-I's
needs are real, that Greece has the assets to help fill these
new requirements, and it is important that Greece carefully
consider a contribution to NTM-I.
SPECKHARD
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2018
TAGS: GR IZ MARR PGOV PREL NATO
SUBJECT: GREECE: EXPANDED NATO TRAINING MSSION-IRAQ PAPERS
DELIVERED
REF: STATE 73794
Classified By: A/POL COUNSELOR JEFF HOVENIER. REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) On 11 July, A/Pol Counselor and POLOFF delivered ref
A points on NTM-I to Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director
of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty
(NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU). A/Pol Counselor
emphasized that now that the NAC had taken a decision to
enhance the NTM-I Missi+n it was essential for Allies to
provi$e the nece3sary resources to make this decisikn a
reality& Asteriades stated Greece wm5ld carefUlly consi$er
these points, but re)terated that Greece baced enormous
political constraints on the question of deploying any
personnel to Iraq, including to NTM-I. After reviewing the
possible requirements, he suggested that Greece might be
prepared to consider providing temporary guest lecturers at
the National Defense University. We reiterated that NTM-I's
needs are real, that Greece has the assets to help fill these
new requirements, and it is important that Greece carefully
consider a contribution to NTM-I.
SPECKHARD