Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MOSCOW2916
2008-10-01 15:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002916
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV GG RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED
REF: A. MOSCOW 2904
B. STATE 104547
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Alice G. Wells for reasons
1.4(b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002916
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV GG RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED
REF: A. MOSCOW 2904
B. STATE 104547
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Alice G. Wells for reasons
1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) Ambassador raised ref B concerns in a meeting with
DFM Karasin September 30, reported ref A. Separately, MFA
Director for General European Cooperation Vladimir Voronkov
told us October 1 that press reports that Russian forces were
not allowing EU forces into the "security zone" were the
result of a technical misunderstanding that would be fixed by
meetings between the heads of the EU and Russian peacekeeping
mission. He expected follow-on working level arrangements
with the EU that would address the back-filling of Russian
troops and added that Russian MFA representative Karchmar was
in Tskhinvali to assist. However, Voronkov suggested the
need for joint Ossetian and Georgian policing units to work
in the "security zone" in Georgia proper, because, he
claimed, the EU had declined to provide an international
police presence and Georgian police could not guarantee the
safety and security of Ossetians residing in the border
areas. We stressed that security in Georgia was the purview
of Tbilisi, with the EU mission designed to address
security-related issues.
BEYRLE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV GG RS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED
REF: A. MOSCOW 2904
B. STATE 104547
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Alice G. Wells for reasons
1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) Ambassador raised ref B concerns in a meeting with
DFM Karasin September 30, reported ref A. Separately, MFA
Director for General European Cooperation Vladimir Voronkov
told us October 1 that press reports that Russian forces were
not allowing EU forces into the "security zone" were the
result of a technical misunderstanding that would be fixed by
meetings between the heads of the EU and Russian peacekeeping
mission. He expected follow-on working level arrangements
with the EU that would address the back-filling of Russian
troops and added that Russian MFA representative Karchmar was
in Tskhinvali to assist. However, Voronkov suggested the
need for joint Ossetian and Georgian policing units to work
in the "security zone" in Georgia proper, because, he
claimed, the EU had declined to provide an international
police presence and Georgian police could not guarantee the
safety and security of Ossetians residing in the border
areas. We stressed that security in Georgia was the purview
of Tbilisi, with the EU mission designed to address
security-related issues.
BEYRLE