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08REYKJAVIK34
2008-03-05 17:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Reykjavik
Cable title:  

ICELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE

Tags:  PREL PGOV KV IC 
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FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3581
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000034 

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV KV IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE

REF: REYKJAVIK 0027

UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000034

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DEPT FOR P, EUR, EUR/SCE, EUR/NB

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV KV IC
SUBJECT: ICELAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE

REF: REYKJAVIK 0027


1. (U) On March 5, 2008, Iceland recognized the Republic of
Kosovo as an independent state.


2. (SBU) Comment: Although the recognition comes almost two
weeks after the initial date the Foreign Minister suggested to
the Ambassador (see reftel),it falls neither first nor last
among the Nordic countries, which is where the Icelanders
wanted to be. When poloff asked about the delay today, an MFA
official said the issue was "complicated," but offered no
substantive explanation.

Van Voorst