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08PORTOFSPAIN291
2008-07-01 18:18:00
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Embassy Port Of Spain
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KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND

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FM AMEMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 9259
UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000291 

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KV TD
SUBJECT: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND
WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOLLOWING UN RECONFIGURATION

REF: SECSTATE 69691

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UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 000291

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KV TD
SUBJECT: KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND
WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOLLOWING UN RECONFIGURATION

REF: SECSTATE 69691

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1. (SBU) Drawing on ref points, the Ambassador spoke June
30 with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon. The FM listened
attentively, but responded that early recognition/action on
Kosovo was unlikely. She explained recognition would have to
be a Cabinet decision and that the stars were not currently
aligned for this to happen.


2. (SBU) Though initially upbeat on recognition at the time
of Kosovo's independence, the FM has implied to us in the
past that she ran into a roadblock when the matter was
brought to Cabinet. We have spoken to her several times on
Kosovo, with her caution over recognition progressively
growing as the difficulties of pursuing this inside the GOTT
became clearer to her.
AUSTIN