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Created
Classification
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08BRATISLAVA397
2008-08-28 14:32:00
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Embassy Bratislava
Cable title:
TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH
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UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000397
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PGOV PREL MARR GG RU LO
SUBJECT: TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH
OSSETIA RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 91894
B. BRATISLAVA 393
C. BRATISLAVA 390
D. BRATISLAVA 384
E. BRATISLAVA 372
(SBU) Following on our continuing discussions of the Georgian
situation with GoS officials detailed in refs B-E, the Slovak
MFA has issued the following statement in response to
Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia:
(begin text)
"In connection with the recognition of the breakaway Georgian
regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Rusian
Federation the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak
Republic considers necessary to state the following:
"The Slovak Republic disapproves of these steps and confirms
the main principles, based on the longstanding position of
the Slovak Republic regarding Georgia and the solution of
conflicts on its territory. These principles are:
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its
internationally recognised borders and solution of the
conflicts exclusively by peaceful means and talks in
compliance with the international law.
"The government of the Slovak Republic, as one of few EU
member states, can insist on the principle of the territorial
integrity of Georgia, as it has done also in the case of
Serbia and Kosovo.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic calls
upon the other members of the international community to
follow, also in this case, strictly the international law and
these principles."
(end text)
OBSITNIK
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPKO PGOV PREL MARR GG RU LO
SUBJECT: TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH
OSSETIA RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 91894
B. BRATISLAVA 393
C. BRATISLAVA 390
D. BRATISLAVA 384
E. BRATISLAVA 372
(SBU) Following on our continuing discussions of the Georgian
situation with GoS officials detailed in refs B-E, the Slovak
MFA has issued the following statement in response to
Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia:
(begin text)
"In connection with the recognition of the breakaway Georgian
regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by the Rusian
Federation the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak
Republic considers necessary to state the following:
"The Slovak Republic disapproves of these steps and confirms
the main principles, based on the longstanding position of
the Slovak Republic regarding Georgia and the solution of
conflicts on its territory. These principles are:
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its
internationally recognised borders and solution of the
conflicts exclusively by peaceful means and talks in
compliance with the international law.
"The government of the Slovak Republic, as one of few EU
member states, can insist on the principle of the territorial
integrity of Georgia, as it has done also in the case of
Serbia and Kosovo.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic calls
upon the other members of the international community to
follow, also in this case, strictly the international law and
these principles."
(end text)
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