Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BAMAKO758
2008-09-02 07:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bamako
Cable title:  

MALI ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND

Tags:  PGOV PREL GG RU KV 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAMAKO 000758 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL GG RU KV
SUBJECT: MALI ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND
ABKHAZIA - AND ON KOSOVO

REF: STATE 91894

Classified By: Charge d'affaires, a.i. Mary Beth Leonard, reasons 1.4 (
b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAMAKO 000758

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL GG RU KV
SUBJECT: MALI ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND
ABKHAZIA - AND ON KOSOVO

REF: STATE 91894

Classified By: Charge d'affaires, a.i. Mary Beth Leonard, reasons 1.4 (
b) and (d).


1. (C) Dueling Demarches: Charge called on Ministry of
Foreign Affairs Secretary General Lamine Keita August 29 to
discuss reftel demarche urging that Mali join in rejecting
Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Ambassador Keita pointed to a paper on his coffee table, and
said it was Russia's declaration rebutting the United Nations
Security Council's position on the recognition of the two
regions that the Russian ambassador had delivered to him
earlier that day. While Keita said Mali had not yet formally
taken a position, he appeared to view Russia's move as
problematic.


2. (C) Mali's Recognition of Kosovo Apparently Imminent?:
Keita recalled that as the issue of Kosovo's recognition had
emerged, Russia had threatened that this would provoke their
recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but agreed with
Charge's reply that the cases were not valid parallels. On
the subject of Kosovo, following up on previous conversations
about Mali not having finalized its position, Keita said
without embellishment that President Toure would meet with
his counterpart from Kosovo on the margins of the UN General
Assembly; we assume plans for an encounter at such a level
presage recognition.
LEONARD