Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08RIGA813
2008-12-23 10:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Riga
Cable title:  

LATVIA APPRECIATIVE OF US POSITION ON CFE

Tags:  PARM PREL KCFE RS LG 
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P 231006Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY RIGA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5498
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000813 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/23/2013
TAGS: PARM PREL KCFE RS LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA APPRECIATIVE OF US POSITION ON CFE

REF: A) STATE 133540 B) STATE 133417

Classified By: A/DCM Tamir G. Waser. Reason: 1.4 (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000813

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/23/2013
TAGS: PARM PREL KCFE RS LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA APPRECIATIVE OF US POSITION ON CFE

REF: A) STATE 133540 B) STATE 133417

Classified By: A/DCM Tamir G. Waser. Reason: 1.4 (D)


1. (C) Latvia appreciates US leadership in attempting to
bring Russia back into the CFE while not caving to Russian
demands to make decisions on the Baltics prior to entry into
force of the adapted treaty. That was the main message from
Ieva Jirgensone, acting head of the arms control division at
the MFA, upon receipt of ref A points. She was also very
interested in our proposals on Georgia, which she found
creative. Of course her greatest interest was in what was
said about the Baltics, which we explained by drawing from
ref B's more detailed readout. We reaffirmed A/S Fried's
pledge from his October 2007 visit of "nothing about you
without you," which Jirgensone appreciated. She said the
current parallel action plan remains a "red line" for Latvia,
absent progress by Russia on its Istanbul commitments and
resuming implementation of the current treaty.
ROGERS