USDP EDELMAN,S 21 OCTOBER MEETINGS IN PRAGUE

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 04 OF 04 PRAGUE 000696 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/04/2018 TAGS: PREL EZ NATO EPET ENER MARR EU SUBJECT: USDP EDELMAN,S 21 OCTOBER MEETINGS IN PRAGUE *********************** * Missing Section 001 * *********************** *********************** * Missing Section 002 * *********************** *********************** * Missing Section 003 * *********************** PRAGUE 00000696 004.3 OF 004 the "defreezing" of PCA negotiations would allow the Sarkozy "love fest" with Russia to go forward, referring to the upcoming EU-Russia summit in November. In Vondra's view, it was problematic that while EU was waiting, bilateral relations were "mushrooming." Vondra also raised the need for a common U.S.-European position on President Medvedev's proposal for a new Euro-Atlantic security system. Vondra urged that the U.S. engage Europe on this quickly. Vondra worried that Russia seeks to impose legal constraints that would bind the U.S. and Europe. USDP Edelman replied that any response to the proposal must not come at the expense of NATO, the EU, the OSCE, or any other piece of the current Euro-Atlantic architecture. 20.(U) This cable has been cleared by USDP Edelman. Graber