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Created
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08JAKARTA1633
2008-08-28 06:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001633
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR GCG, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EUR, EUR/RUS,
EUR/CARC, IO, IO/UNP (MOORE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC ID GG RS
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC
MEETING
REF: A. STATE 92371
B. STATE 92325
C. JAKARTA 1625 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001633
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR GCG, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EUR, EUR/RUS,
EUR/CARC, IO, IO/UNP (MOORE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC ID GG RS
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC
MEETING
REF: A. STATE 92371
B. STATE 92325
C. JAKARTA 1625 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge
that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be
allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on
Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to
rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm
Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and implement
the Six Point Plan. GOI officials said that they had no
plans to recognize the breakaway regions and looked forward
to working with us on a resolution that helped end the
conflict and dealt with humanitarian issues. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) On August 28, poloff delivered Ref A-B points on the
situation in Georgia to Riando Sembiring, Deputy Director for
International Security and Disarmament Affairs--the office
that handles UNSC issues--at the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DEPLU). We also reviewed the matter with Cicilia
Rusdiharini, DEPLU's Deputy Director for North American
Affairs, and Tri Sukma (Nanu) Djandam, a foreign affairs
official in the President's office.
3. (C) Poloff urged that Indonesia reject the participation
of Abkhas and South Ossetian representatives in the upcoming
UNSC meeting on Georgia. The Council had met regularly on
Georgia since 1993 and had never included representatives of
these regions. Doing so now would compromise the Council's
position on Georgia's sovereignty and territorial
integrity--a position affirmed most recently in UNSCR 1808.
Moreover, including Abkhas and South Ossetian representatives
would only delay and obstruct the Council's efforts to adopt
a new resolution, poloff noted.
4. (C) Poloff also urged Indonesia to deliver a firm message
to Russia during the upcoming Council session. Moscow should
rethink its recognition of the separatist regions, affirm
support for Georgia's territorial integrity and implement the
six point plan that President Sarkozy negotiated and which
Russian and Georgian leaders signed. Poloff underscored that
Indonesia, a country which has faced separatist movements
within its own borders, had a particular interest in
affirming Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
5. (C) GOI interlocutors affirmed that Indonesia has no
plans to recognize the breakaway Georgian regions. Indonesia
agrees that the UNSC has expressed clear support for
Georgia's territorial integrity on numerous occasions.
Indonesia would not support any challenge to this
well-established UNSC position.
6. (C) Sembiring added that Indonesia was especially focused
on the humanitarian situation in Georgia and on the situation
of civilians affected by the recent violence. Indonesia
looked forward to working with the United States and our
European partners on a resolution that ended the violence and
addressed these humanitarian concerns.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR GCG, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EUR, EUR/RUS,
EUR/CARC, IO, IO/UNP (MOORE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC ID GG RS
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC
MEETING
REF: A. STATE 92371
B. STATE 92325
C. JAKARTA 1625 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge
that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be
allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on
Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to
rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm
Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and implement
the Six Point Plan. GOI officials said that they had no
plans to recognize the breakaway regions and looked forward
to working with us on a resolution that helped end the
conflict and dealt with humanitarian issues. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) On August 28, poloff delivered Ref A-B points on the
situation in Georgia to Riando Sembiring, Deputy Director for
International Security and Disarmament Affairs--the office
that handles UNSC issues--at the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DEPLU). We also reviewed the matter with Cicilia
Rusdiharini, DEPLU's Deputy Director for North American
Affairs, and Tri Sukma (Nanu) Djandam, a foreign affairs
official in the President's office.
3. (C) Poloff urged that Indonesia reject the participation
of Abkhas and South Ossetian representatives in the upcoming
UNSC meeting on Georgia. The Council had met regularly on
Georgia since 1993 and had never included representatives of
these regions. Doing so now would compromise the Council's
position on Georgia's sovereignty and territorial
integrity--a position affirmed most recently in UNSCR 1808.
Moreover, including Abkhas and South Ossetian representatives
would only delay and obstruct the Council's efforts to adopt
a new resolution, poloff noted.
4. (C) Poloff also urged Indonesia to deliver a firm message
to Russia during the upcoming Council session. Moscow should
rethink its recognition of the separatist regions, affirm
support for Georgia's territorial integrity and implement the
six point plan that President Sarkozy negotiated and which
Russian and Georgian leaders signed. Poloff underscored that
Indonesia, a country which has faced separatist movements
within its own borders, had a particular interest in
affirming Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
5. (C) GOI interlocutors affirmed that Indonesia has no
plans to recognize the breakaway Georgian regions. Indonesia
agrees that the UNSC has expressed clear support for
Georgia's territorial integrity on numerous occasions.
Indonesia would not support any challenge to this
well-established UNSC position.
6. (C) Sembiring added that Indonesia was especially focused
on the humanitarian situation in Georgia and on the situation
of civilians affected by the recent violence. Indonesia
looked forward to working with the United States and our
European partners on a resolution that ended the violence and
addressed these humanitarian concerns.
HUME