Identifier
Created
Classification
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08QUITO775
2008-08-22 12:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Quito
Cable title:
ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION
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UNCLAS QUITO 000775
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPAO KPKO UNMIK KV SR EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 63731
B. STATE 69691
C. QUITO 52
D. QUITO 395
UNCLAS QUITO 000775
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV KPAO KPKO UNMIK KV SR EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 63731
¶B. STATE 69691
¶C. QUITO 52
¶D. QUITO 395
¶1. (SBU) Poloff delivered points (Refs A and B) to Director
General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8.
Puma said that the GOE had not changed its policy (Refs C and
D) that it will not publicly declare a position either for or
against Kosovo's independence. However, she added that the
GOE considers it important to recognize the rights of both
Serbia and the "province of Kosovo."
Hodges