SLOVENIA ON U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC STATEMENT

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000359 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/10/2018 TAGS: NATO PARM KCFE RU GG SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC STATEMENT CONDEMNING RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN GEORGIA REF: STATE 85678 Classified By: Amb. Yousif B. Ghafari, reasons 1.4(b,d) ¶1. (C) On August 11, Emboffs met with Marko Purkart, acting head of the MFA's Security Division, to brief him and urge Slovenia's support for a strong NAC statement condemning Russian actions in Georgia. Purkart took our points under consideration and undertook to pass them to Slovenia's Mission to NATO and to the Foreign Minister. He was more focused on the extraordinary GAERC on August 13, when French FM Kouchner will report on his meetings in Tbilisi and Moscow. GHAFARI