Identifier
Created
Classification
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08BUCHAREST371
2008-05-15 13:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bucharest
Cable title:
RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000371
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/NCE A. JENSEN AND NEA/IPM B. JENSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/14/2020
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
SUBJECT: RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER
VII MANDATE-PART II
REF: A. BAGHDAD 1037
B. BUCHAREST 00250
C. BUCHAREST 00057
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Mark A. Taplin; Reasons 1.4(b) a
nd (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000371
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/NCE A. JENSEN AND NEA/IPM B. JENSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/14/2020
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
SUBJECT: RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER
VII MANDATE-PART II
REF: A. BAGHDAD 1037
B. BUCHAREST 00250
C. BUCHAREST 00057
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Mark A. Taplin; Reasons 1.4(b) a
nd (d).
1. (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4.
2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme
Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of
June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the
level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA
and MOD will require a status report on the SOFA negotiations
with Iraq. MFA Director for Middle East and Africa and
Defense Ministry authorities are requesting an update by the
first week of June. End Summary.
3. (C) MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre
raised with Poloff on May 15, the need for an update on the
U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiations and
Post-UN Chapter VII Mandate. He noted that there was no
opportunity to discuss these sensitive issues bilaterally
with the U.S. delegation at recent coalition discussions in
the UK. He reminded poloff of the importance of not only
preparing the CSAT, but also the need to present a completed
Romania-Iraq SOFA before the ending of the Parliamentary
session this fall, prior to national elections. Dobre and
his MOD colleagues would like an update the week of 2 June,
which would give the interagency sufficient time to clear the
papers for the CSAT.
4. (C) Request for guidance: While we understand that
precise timelines are problematic in the U.S.-Iraq SOFA
negotiations, as we reported in ref b, Romania requires
"visible progress on the SOFA negotiations to support the
recommendation for continued Romanian troop deployments in
Iraq" and subsequently "a Parliamentary decision that
provides the legal basis for the deployment before
September." Dobre noted that other coalition partners have
similar timing restraints (he mentioned Japan). Department
is requested to provide an update on U.S.-Iraq SOFA
negotiations and any other related post-UN Chapter VII
information that can be shared with Romania by June 4. End
request.
TAUBMAN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/NCE A. JENSEN AND NEA/IPM B. JENSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/14/2020
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
SUBJECT: RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER
VII MANDATE-PART II
REF: A. BAGHDAD 1037
B. BUCHAREST 00250
C. BUCHAREST 00057
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Mark A. Taplin; Reasons 1.4(b) a
nd (d).
1. (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4.
2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme
Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of
June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the
level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA
and MOD will require a status report on the SOFA negotiations
with Iraq. MFA Director for Middle East and Africa and
Defense Ministry authorities are requesting an update by the
first week of June. End Summary.
3. (C) MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre
raised with Poloff on May 15, the need for an update on the
U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiations and
Post-UN Chapter VII Mandate. He noted that there was no
opportunity to discuss these sensitive issues bilaterally
with the U.S. delegation at recent coalition discussions in
the UK. He reminded poloff of the importance of not only
preparing the CSAT, but also the need to present a completed
Romania-Iraq SOFA before the ending of the Parliamentary
session this fall, prior to national elections. Dobre and
his MOD colleagues would like an update the week of 2 June,
which would give the interagency sufficient time to clear the
papers for the CSAT.
4. (C) Request for guidance: While we understand that
precise timelines are problematic in the U.S.-Iraq SOFA
negotiations, as we reported in ref b, Romania requires
"visible progress on the SOFA negotiations to support the
recommendation for continued Romanian troop deployments in
Iraq" and subsequently "a Parliamentary decision that
provides the legal basis for the deployment before
September." Dobre noted that other coalition partners have
similar timing restraints (he mentioned Japan). Department
is requested to provide an update on U.S.-Iraq SOFA
negotiations and any other related post-UN Chapter VII
information that can be shared with Romania by June 4. End
request.
TAUBMAN