Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BAKU217
2008-03-07 12:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baku
Cable title:
KOSOVO SOLIDARITY REQUEST DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAKU 000217
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/01/2020
TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV AJ
SUBJECT: KOSOVO SOLIDARITY REQUEST DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
REF: A. SECSTATE 22377
B. BAKU 192
Classified By: POL/ECON CHIEF JOAN POLASCHIK FOR REASONS 1.4 (C).
(C) Poloff delivered ref a request of support for Kosovo
independence at the March 13-14 OIC ministerial conference in
Dakar to Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security
Affairs department Officer Anar Jahangirli on March 7.
Jahangirli offered no substantive comment. Given that
Azerbaijan continues to express strong concern that Kosovo,s
independence could be used as a precedent for the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and that Azerbaijan,s Parliament
recently voted to withdraw Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces
from Kosovo (ref b),we do not anticipate that Azerbaijan
will make any statements in support of Kosovo independence at
the OIC ministerial.
DERSE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/01/2020
TAGS: PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV AJ
SUBJECT: KOSOVO SOLIDARITY REQUEST DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN
REF: A. SECSTATE 22377
B. BAKU 192
Classified By: POL/ECON CHIEF JOAN POLASCHIK FOR REASONS 1.4 (C).
(C) Poloff delivered ref a request of support for Kosovo
independence at the March 13-14 OIC ministerial conference in
Dakar to Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Security
Affairs department Officer Anar Jahangirli on March 7.
Jahangirli offered no substantive comment. Given that
Azerbaijan continues to express strong concern that Kosovo,s
independence could be used as a precedent for the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and that Azerbaijan,s Parliament
recently voted to withdraw Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces
from Kosovo (ref b),we do not anticipate that Azerbaijan
will make any statements in support of Kosovo independence at
the OIC ministerial.
DERSE