NATO/AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION

C O N F I D E N T I A L ATHENS 001688 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - CLASSIFICATION CHANGE SIPDIS DEPT ALSO FOR EUR/RPM (COPE) AND SCA/A (SINGH) E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2018 TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR SUBJECT: NATO/AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION SUPPORT: REF: STATE 131480 Classified By: A/Political Counselor Jeff Hovenier for 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points related to requirements for elections support in Afghanistan to Theodoros Daskarolis, Deputy Director of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Affairs. Daskarolis replied that Greece is aware of the requirement and following the force generation process carefully. Greece is currently reviewing how it might provide additional assistance in Afghanistan. He said he could not comment at this time as to whether Greece would be prepared to provide forces to help fill election support requirements, adding that any potential Greek contributions would be announced through NATO's normal force generation process. Daskarolis was pessimistic, however, that Greece would be prepared to deploy forces beyond its current regional caveat restricting forces to the Kabul region. SPECKHARD