Identifier
Created
Classification
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08CAIRO1212
2008-06-12 12:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT WOULD CONSIDER HOSTING KOSOVAR DELEGATION
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UNCLAS CAIRO 001212
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DEPARTMENT FOR KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP, NEA/ELA, EUR/SCE
(BLACK, SHIRATORI)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
SUBJECT: EGYPT WOULD CONSIDER HOSTING KOSOVAR DELEGATION
REF: CAIRO 579
Sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution.
(SBU) On June 11, MFA Spokesman Hossam Zaki told the DCM that
the GOE would have to "think hard" whether to receive a
delegation from the government of Kosovo to Egypt. He
emphasized that he was not rejecting the proposal; "this
would have to be weighed." MFA Deputy Director for East and
South Europe and the Balkans, Ahmed Hamdy Bakr, elaborated on
June 12, saying that because Egypt has not recognized Kosovo
(reftel),the GOE could not receive such a delegation "in its
official capacity." However, he noted that the MFA is in
regular contact with the self-declared Ambassador of Kosovo
in Cairo at the Deputy Assistant Minister level in an
"unofficial" capacity. The GOE might consider receiving a
delegation from Kosovo in the same vein, he said, but noted
that he could give no guarantees.
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