Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MOSCOW2178
2008-07-29 10:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
UNMEE--RUSSIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002178
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC RS ET ER
SUBJECT: UNMEE--RUSSIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION
REF: STATE 79539
Classified By: Acting Political Minister-Counselor Margaret Hawthorne
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002178
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC RS ET ER
SUBJECT: UNMEE--RUSSIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION
REF: STATE 79539
Classified By: Acting Political Minister-Counselor Margaret Hawthorne
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On July 28, MFA chief of the UN Security Council
section Peter Ilyichev confirmed that Russia supports the US
position on termination of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea (UNMEE) because there is no longer agreement by both
parties. He said the GOR is reviewing a draft resolution
circulated by the Belgian mission that provides only 90 days
for consultations by the UN Secretary General. Ilyichev
commented that the GOR "tried our levers as best we could" on
the issue, and hoped that the "regrettable" need to terminate
UNMEE would not lead to increased violence between the two
sides.
RUBIN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC RS ET ER
SUBJECT: UNMEE--RUSSIA TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION
REF: STATE 79539
Classified By: Acting Political Minister-Counselor Margaret Hawthorne
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On July 28, MFA chief of the UN Security Council
section Peter Ilyichev confirmed that Russia supports the US
position on termination of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and
Eritrea (UNMEE) because there is no longer agreement by both
parties. He said the GOR is reviewing a draft resolution
circulated by the Belgian mission that provides only 90 days
for consultations by the UN Secretary General. Ilyichev
commented that the GOR "tried our levers as best we could" on
the issue, and hoped that the "regrettable" need to terminate
UNMEE would not lead to increased violence between the two
sides.
RUBIN