Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08CAIRO579
2008-03-25 13:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
EGYPT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
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UNCLAS CAIRO 000579
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
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 WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
REF: A. CAIRO 325
¶B. CAIRO 246
Sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution.
(SBU) In an apparent change from Egypt's previous position
that it was "waiting and seeing" on whether to recognize
Kosovo (reftels),it appears that the GOE now firmly opposes
recognition. According to local press March 24, Assistant
Foreign Minister for European Affairs Fatima El Zahra told
Egyptian parliamentarians that Egypt supports "independent
rule" for Kosovo (read: autonomy within a greater Serbia) but
not complete independence. MFA Spokesman Hossam Zaki
confirmed to A/DCM on March 24 unequivocally that Egypt will
not recognize Kosovo. "We have no plans to recognize
Kosovo," he said, and "there is no change in our position."
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