Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PRAGUE633
2008-09-26 15:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Prague
Cable title:
CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000633
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/ERA AND EUR/ACE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/26/2018
TAGS: EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS EZ
SUBJECT: CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE
TO GEORGIA FOLLOWING CONFLICT WITH RUSSIA
REF: A. STATE 100093
¶B. PRAGUE 592
Classified By: Political/Economic Counselor Charles O. Blaha for reason
s 1.4 B & D.
(C) Political/Economic Counselor and Political Military
Officer delivered the ref a demarche to Czech Director of
Security Policy Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova on September 22.
She appreciated our background on our planned assistance and
said the Czechs are fully supportive of the planned Brussels
Donors' Conference. However, she said that the government had
not reached a decision on whether to increase their
assistance. Per ref b, the Czechs have provided five million
crowns (330,000 USD) in emergency humanitarian assistance and
are committed to providing 150 million crowns (10M USD) over
the next three years to support Georgian reconstruction.
Graber