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08OTTAWA1137
2008-08-27 12:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
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CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA

Tags:  PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 001137 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EUR/RUS K. SZPILA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
SUBJECT: CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA

REF: STATE 90978

Classified By: Acting PolMinCouns Kurt van der Walde,
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 001137

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EUR/RUS K. SZPILA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/27/2018
TAGS: PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
SUBJECT: CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA

REF: STATE 90978

Classified By: Acting PolMinCouns Kurt van der Walde,
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Minister Len
Edwards called in Russian Ambassador to Canada Georgiy
Mamedov on August 26 to encourage Russia to reconsider its
actions and cooperate fully with the international community
in resolving the crisis in Georgia. According to DFAIT
Senior Policy Adviser Amy Galigan, Mamedov responded that
Russia "is not into annexation" and Georgia, South Ossetia
and Abkhazia should sign a non-aggression pact, something
Russia suggested some time ago. Mamedov also told Edwards
that that Russia has no designs on Ukraine or the Baltics
despite media comments to the contrary, Galigan said.


2. (C) In a separate conversation that day Mamedov urged
DFAIT senior staff to have Foreign Minister David Emerson
call his Russian counterpart. Emerson did not make the call,
but did issue the following statement on August 26: "Canada
is gravely concerned about Russia's recognition of the
independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This recognition
violates Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty and
is contrary to UN Security Council resolutions supported by
Russia, as well as to the six-point peace plan brokered by
President Nicolas Sarkozy on behalf of the EU. Canada
supports the democratic and legitimate government of Georgia.
Russia must fulfill its international obligations,
reconsider its actions and cooperate fully with the
international community to resolve the crisis in Georgia in a
peaceful manner."

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