Identifier
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08LJUBLJANA60
2008-02-12 15:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ljubljana
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SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO

Tags:  PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000060 

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FOR EUR/NCE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2018
TAGS: PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO
EU MEMBERS WILL SUPPORT SERBIA BERLIN MECHANISM INITIATIVE

REF: STATE 14284

Classified By: CDA Maryruth Coleman for reasons 1.4 (b,d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000060

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

FOR EUR/NCE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2018
TAGS: PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN OSCE, NO
EU MEMBERS WILL SUPPORT SERBIA BERLIN MECHANISM INITIATIVE

REF: STATE 14284

Classified By: CDA Maryruth Coleman for reasons 1.4 (b,d)


1. (C) On February 12, Emboff delivered reftel points to
Damjan Bergant, MFA Head of Department for OSCE and CoE and
Chairman of COSCE, who stated that Slovenia fully agrees with
the U.S. view of Serbia's efforts to invoke the OSCE's Berlin
Mechanism after an anticipated declaration of independence by
Kosovo. Bergant stated that upon learning that Slovakia,
Germany, Spain, and Cyprus were contemplating support for
Serbia's Berlin Mechanism initiative, Slovenia dispatched
Ambassadors in all EU countries to dissuade EU members from
supporting the Serbian effort. He reported that Slovenia
received confirmation from all EU members that none will
support the use of the Berlin Mechanism by Serbia to force an
OSCE meeting on Kosovo.


2. (C) Bergant also noted, however, that it is possible that
the Finnish OSCE chair could still call a Permanent Council
meeting to discuss Kosovo. Should this happen, or should
Serbia be successful in garnering the support of 12 OSCE
members for an invocation of the Berlin Mechanism and thereby
force an emergency meeting, Bergant strongly believes that
nothing of consequence would happen and that the Permanent
Council would not find any violation of the Helsinki Final
Act in Kosovo's independence. Bergant suggested that
Serbia's efforts to invoke the Berlin Mechanism may simply be
a strategy to demonstrate to the Serbian public that the
government has taken all possible steps to prevent Kosovo's
independence, thereby removing a potential point of criticism
from the opposition's arsenal.
COLEMAN