Identifier
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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
VZCZCXYZ6500 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHRK #0034 0651718 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 051718Z MAR 08 FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3581 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000034
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SIPDIS
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
UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000034
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
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
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
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