Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08BERN62
2008-02-12 16:28:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bern
Cable title:  

KOSOVO: DEFENDING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE OSCE

Tags:  PREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ 
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FM AMEMBASSY BERN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4839
INFO RUEHBW/AMEMBASSY BELGRADE PRIORITY 0031
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 0596
RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE PRIORITY 0126
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 0315
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0179
RUEHPS/USOFFICE PRISTINA PRIORITY 0030
C O N F I D E N T I A L BERN 000062 

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DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (J.BLACK) AND EUR/AGS (Y.SAINT-ANDRE)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2018
TAGS: PREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ
SUBJECT: KOSOVO: DEFENDING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE OSCE

REF: STATE 14284

Classified By: Acting POL Counselor Chris Buck; reasons 1.4(b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L BERN 000062

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EUR/SCE (J.BLACK) AND EUR/AGS (Y.SAINT-ANDRE)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2018
TAGS: PREL UNAUS UNMIK OSCE YI SZ
SUBJECT: KOSOVO: DEFENDING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE OSCE

REF: STATE 14284

Classified By: Acting POL Counselor Chris Buck; reasons 1.4(b) and (d).


1. (C) A/POL Counselor delivered the message in reftel on
February 12 to Sabrina Dallafior, Head of the MFA Office for
OSCE Affairs, and to Didier Chassot, MFA Regional Coordinator
for Southeastern Europe. Dallafior already was aware of the
issue. She and Chassot agreed that an attempt by Serbia to
invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism after an anticipated
declaration of independence from Kosovo would be
counterproductive. Dallafior underlined that Switzerland
would not support a meeting under the Berlin Mechanism. She
commented that Serbia in any case likely would seek to force
a discussion of Kosovo during the first regular Permanent
Council meeting following a Kosovo declaration of
independence.
CONEWAY