Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08KUALALUMPUR121
2008-02-25 00:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuala Lumpur
Cable title:
MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUALA LUMPUR 000121
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP AND EAP/MTS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL
AN ISSUE
REF: A. STATE 17470
B. KUALA LUMPUR 111 - MALAYSIA WELCOMES KOSOVO
INDEPENDENCE
Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark, reason 1.4 (b and
d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUALA LUMPUR 000121
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP AND EAP/MTS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL
AN ISSUE
REF: A. STATE 17470
B. KUALA LUMPUR 111 - MALAYSIA WELCOMES KOSOVO
INDEPENDENCE
Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark, reason 1.4 (b and
d).
1. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign
Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to
the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for
European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary
for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its February
20 statement welcoming Kosovo's independence (ref B),and
urged Malaysia to immediately take the next step by extending
official recognition. Mahinder responded that "the decision
is already there" for Malaysia to recognize Kosovo. Timing
of recognition, however, remained undecided. "We must be
careful," Mahinder added, "we too have an embassy in
Belgrade," alluding to the mob violence directed at the U.S.
Embassy there.
2. (C) Mahinder said Malaysia continued to watch carefully
the decisions of European nations regarding Kosovo, and
polchief provided an update on the supportive positions of
European countries per ref A. Mahinder noted that decisions
by Middle Eastern countries, including Kuwait, also would
influence Malaysia's judgment on the timing of recognition
and he inquired if we had additional information on the
positions of Arab nations. On the practical side, Mahinder
asked what formal, mechanical steps the U.S. had taken to
convey its recognition, and to whom in Kosovo, and whether we
could share the text of recognition documents. We
immediately forwarded these questions to the Kosovo
Monitoring Group.
KEITH
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
FOR KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP AND EAP/MTS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU MY
SUBJECT: MALAYSIA WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, BUT TIMING STILL
AN ISSUE
REF: A. STATE 17470
B. KUALA LUMPUR 111 - MALAYSIA WELCOMES KOSOVO
INDEPENDENCE
Classified By: Political Section Chief Mark D. Clark, reason 1.4 (b and
d).
1. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador and the Foreign
Minister, Political Section Chief delivered ref A demarche to
the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's acting Under Secretary for
European Affairs Mahinder Singh, who is also Under Secretary
for the Americas. Polchief praised Malaysia for its February
20 statement welcoming Kosovo's independence (ref B),and
urged Malaysia to immediately take the next step by extending
official recognition. Mahinder responded that "the decision
is already there" for Malaysia to recognize Kosovo. Timing
of recognition, however, remained undecided. "We must be
careful," Mahinder added, "we too have an embassy in
Belgrade," alluding to the mob violence directed at the U.S.
Embassy there.
2. (C) Mahinder said Malaysia continued to watch carefully
the decisions of European nations regarding Kosovo, and
polchief provided an update on the supportive positions of
European countries per ref A. Mahinder noted that decisions
by Middle Eastern countries, including Kuwait, also would
influence Malaysia's judgment on the timing of recognition
and he inquired if we had additional information on the
positions of Arab nations. On the practical side, Mahinder
asked what formal, mechanical steps the U.S. had taken to
convey its recognition, and to whom in Kosovo, and whether we
could share the text of recognition documents. We
immediately forwarded these questions to the Kosovo
Monitoring Group.
KEITH