Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08NICOSIA799
2008-10-07 10:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRIOTS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ICJ RESOLUTION ON
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 000799
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/ERA, EUR/SCE, IO/UNP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/05/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNGA CY KO
SUBJECT: CYPRIOTS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ICJ RESOLUTION ON
KOSOVO
REF: A. SECSTATE 105796
¶B. NICOSIA 698
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Jonathan Cohen, Reasons 1.4 (b),
(d)
(C) MFA Western Balkans Desk Officer Olympia Neocleous on
October 7 told us that Cyprus took note of the USG decision
to oppose Serbia's effort at UNGA to refer a question on
Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice
(ICJ). In a reprise of an earlier demarche response (Ref B),
Neocleous voiced her government's strong support of Serbia's
ICJ initiative which, she claimed, was fully in line with
international law. She noted that efforts were underway in
Brussels to adopt a common EU position on the UNGA vote, with
many member states pushing for abstention. Cyprus did not
agree with this stance "on principle," however, and likely
would not go along with the EU majority.
Urbancic