Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08COPENHAGEN79
2008-02-19 12:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Copenhagen
Cable title:
KOSOVO: DENMARK PUSHING FOR GROUP RECOGNITION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000079
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR MGKV01, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/19/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI KV DA
SUBJECT: KOSOVO: DENMARK PUSHING FOR GROUP RECOGNITION
FEBRUARY 21
REF: A. STATE 16319
B. COPENHAGEN 61
Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Bill Mozdzierz, reasons 1.4b,d
C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000079
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR MGKV01, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/19/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI KV DA
SUBJECT: KOSOVO: DENMARK PUSHING FOR GROUP RECOGNITION
FEBRUARY 21
REF: A. STATE 16319
B. COPENHAGEN 61
Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Bill Mozdzierz, reasons 1.4b,d
1. (C) Denmark will formally recognize Kosovo independence
February 21 at the latest, Danish MFA East European
Department Head Ruben Madsen told us February 19, reporting
that the Danes are lobbying other governments to join them
that day. Madsen allowed that he would prefer to move more
quickly, but forecast that the extra day or two should yield
about a dozen European countries, mostly EU member states,
announcing recognition on the 21st. He noted that he was now
more optimistic than before about Poland, Norway and
Switzerland being in that group.
2. (C) Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller was equally
clear but less specific in public, announcing that Denmark
would recognize Kosovo's independence "sometime mid-week."
Referring to Serbian protests, Moller declared bluntly that
Serbia must "decide whether it is to be part of Europe, or a
satellite of Russia."
3. (C) Separately, MFA officials told us in confidence that
Karsten Ankjaer Jensen, currently MFA Head of Department for
the Nordics, Faroes and Greenland, has been identified as
Denmark's first ambassador to Kosovo and that plans are for
him to be resident in Pristina.
CAIN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR MGKV01, EUR
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/19/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI KV DA
SUBJECT: KOSOVO: DENMARK PUSHING FOR GROUP RECOGNITION
FEBRUARY 21
REF: A. STATE 16319
B. COPENHAGEN 61
Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Bill Mozdzierz, reasons 1.4b,d
1. (C) Denmark will formally recognize Kosovo independence
February 21 at the latest, Danish MFA East European
Department Head Ruben Madsen told us February 19, reporting
that the Danes are lobbying other governments to join them
that day. Madsen allowed that he would prefer to move more
quickly, but forecast that the extra day or two should yield
about a dozen European countries, mostly EU member states,
announcing recognition on the 21st. He noted that he was now
more optimistic than before about Poland, Norway and
Switzerland being in that group.
2. (C) Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller was equally
clear but less specific in public, announcing that Denmark
would recognize Kosovo's independence "sometime mid-week."
Referring to Serbian protests, Moller declared bluntly that
Serbia must "decide whether it is to be part of Europe, or a
satellite of Russia."
3. (C) Separately, MFA officials told us in confidence that
Karsten Ankjaer Jensen, currently MFA Head of Department for
the Nordics, Faroes and Greenland, has been identified as
Denmark's first ambassador to Kosovo and that plans are for
him to be resident in Pristina.
CAIN