Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08OSLO219
2008-04-18 15:06:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE
VZCZCXYZ0008 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHNY #0219 1091506 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 181506Z APR 08 FM AMEMBASSY OSLO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6755 INFO RUEHXP/ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHSQ/AMEMBASSY SKOPJE PRIORITY 0163
UNCLAS OSLO 000219
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV NATO MK GR NO
SUBJECT: NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE
REF: A. OSLO 177
B. STATE 40462
UNCLAS OSLO 000219
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV NATO MK GR NO
SUBJECT: NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE
REF: A. OSLO 177
B. STATE 40462
1. As reported in ref A, DCM delivered reftel points to Vice
Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen on March 31, asking that
Norway contact Greece, particularly PM Karamanlis, directly
on the name issue. Demarche points contained in Ref B were
delivered on April 18. In response the MFA stated that Norway
fully supports UN Special Envoy Nimetz on this issue and that
they were relying on the Nimetz process to resolve this
issue. The GON is not planning to contact Greece directly on
this issue.
WHITNEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV NATO MK GR NO
SUBJECT: NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE
REF: A. OSLO 177
B. STATE 40462
1. As reported in ref A, DCM delivered reftel points to Vice
Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen on March 31, asking that
Norway contact Greece, particularly PM Karamanlis, directly
on the name issue. Demarche points contained in Ref B were
delivered on April 18. In response the MFA stated that Norway
fully supports UN Special Envoy Nimetz on this issue and that
they were relying on the Nimetz process to resolve this
issue. The GON is not planning to contact Greece directly on
this issue.
WHITNEY