Identifier
Created
Classification
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08JAKARTA1806
2008-09-23 07:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001806
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EUR/CARC, IO, IO/UNP (MOORE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC ID GG RS
SUBJECT: UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION
IN DISCUSSIONS
REF: STATE 100791
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 001806
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DEPT FOR GCG, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EUR, EUR/RUS,
EUR/CARC, IO, IO/UNP (MOORE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC ID GG RS
SUBJECT: UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION
IN DISCUSSIONS
REF: STATE 100791
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the Indonesian government
to oppose participation by Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN
Security Council discussions on Georgia. GOI contacts took
the points on board. One contact in the President's
Office--noting Indonesia's longstanding concern about
separatism--said the GOI was unlikely to support an
appearance by representatives of the two entities in the
UNSC. We recommend that this matter also be reviewed in New
York with high-level Indonesian interlocutors now there for
UNGA. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Georgia with
the GOI on September 22. In discussions with contacts in the
President's Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mission underscored that the appropriate venue to hear any
views from the Abkhas and South Ossetian leaders is the
October 15 international meeting in Geneva. We stressed that
inviting the separatists to the UNSC discussions would only
stimulate Russia's campaign to legitimize its recognition of
the separatist regions. This is inconsistent with numerous
UNSC resolutions, including UNSCR 1808 in April of this year.
The Council must maintain a unified message and continue to
support Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
3. (C) Our Department of Foreign Affairs contacts took the
points on board. Pol/C also reviewed the USG points with Tri
Sukma Djandam, an advisor to the President on international
affairs. Hearing us out, Djandam noted Indonesia's
longstanding concerns about separatism domestically and
internationally, and said the GOI was unlikely to support an
appearance by representatives of the two entities in the
UNSC. Pol/C urged that the GOI instruct its mission in New
York as soon as possible re this matter, underscoring its
opposition to the Russian plan.
4. (C) GOI contacts noted that many high-level Indonesian
officials are already in New York for UNGA. They recommended
that the USG talk to them there. In particular, Mission
recommends that we engage Desra Percaya, the head of the
Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of International
Security, who is slated to be part of Foreign Minister
Wirajuda's delegation to UNGA.
HUME
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR GCG, EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EUR, EUR/RUS,
EUR/CARC, IO, IO/UNP (MOORE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC ID GG RS
SUBJECT: UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION
IN DISCUSSIONS
REF: STATE 100791
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the Indonesian government
to oppose participation by Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN
Security Council discussions on Georgia. GOI contacts took
the points on board. One contact in the President's
Office--noting Indonesia's longstanding concern about
separatism--said the GOI was unlikely to support an
appearance by representatives of the two entities in the
UNSC. We recommend that this matter also be reviewed in New
York with high-level Indonesian interlocutors now there for
UNGA. END SUMMARY.
2. (C) Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Georgia with
the GOI on September 22. In discussions with contacts in the
President's Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mission underscored that the appropriate venue to hear any
views from the Abkhas and South Ossetian leaders is the
October 15 international meeting in Geneva. We stressed that
inviting the separatists to the UNSC discussions would only
stimulate Russia's campaign to legitimize its recognition of
the separatist regions. This is inconsistent with numerous
UNSC resolutions, including UNSCR 1808 in April of this year.
The Council must maintain a unified message and continue to
support Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
3. (C) Our Department of Foreign Affairs contacts took the
points on board. Pol/C also reviewed the USG points with Tri
Sukma Djandam, an advisor to the President on international
affairs. Hearing us out, Djandam noted Indonesia's
longstanding concerns about separatism domestically and
internationally, and said the GOI was unlikely to support an
appearance by representatives of the two entities in the
UNSC. Pol/C urged that the GOI instruct its mission in New
York as soon as possible re this matter, underscoring its
opposition to the Russian plan.
4. (C) GOI contacts noted that many high-level Indonesian
officials are already in New York for UNGA. They recommended
that the USG talk to them there. In particular, Mission
recommends that we engage Desra Percaya, the head of the
Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of International
Security, who is slated to be part of Foreign Minister
Wirajuda's delegation to UNGA.
HUME