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08STATE123048
2008-11-19 22:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY
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UNCLAS STATE 123048
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PGOV PREL GG
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY
HEIKKI TALVITIE
UNCLAS STATE 123048
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PGOV PREL GG
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY
HEIKKI TALVITIE
1. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the
November 20, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in
Vienna:
Begin Text:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
The United States welcomes you, Ambassador Talvitie, and
commends your efforts ) and those of EU Special
Representative Morel and UN Special Representative Verbeke )
to coordinate international discussions on security and
stability arrangements in the South Ossetian and Abkhaz
regions of Georgia, in keeping with the August 12 and
September 8 agreements.
The United States welcomes the constructive attitude adopted
by all the participants at the November 19 Geneva talks, and
hopes that this process will foster practical cooperation to
stabilize the situation in Georgia and reduce tensions.
We further hope these discussions will provide a means of
peacefully resolving the separatist conflicts in South
Ossetia and Abkhazia in a manner that respects and protects
Georgia,s territorial integrity. In the OSCE, we should
focus our efforts in the immediate term on securing
unfettered access to the South Ossetian and Abkhaz
regionsregions for OSCE monitors; establishing and
participating in an incident response mechanism to deal with
prior and ongoing violence and abuses; and participating in a
process to ensure the safe and voluntary return of internally
displaced persons. We believe the OSCE continues to play a
critical role in Georgia, and believe the mandate of the OSCE
Mission to Georgia should be renewed as quickly as possible.
We hope these issues will be a focus of our discussions at
the Helsinki Ministerial.
The United States will help in all ways to further peaceful
conflict resolution. The United States will continue to
support Georgia,s sovereignty, independence, and territorial
integrity within its internationally recognized borders. The
United States again calls on Russia to implement in their
entirety the commitments it made in the six-point cease-fire
agreement and its clarifying documents.
Ambassador Talvitie, thank you again for your report today.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
RICE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OSCE PGOV PREL GG
SUBJECT: OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY
HEIKKI TALVITIE
1. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the
November 20, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in
Vienna:
Begin Text:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
The United States welcomes you, Ambassador Talvitie, and
commends your efforts ) and those of EU Special
Representative Morel and UN Special Representative Verbeke )
to coordinate international discussions on security and
stability arrangements in the South Ossetian and Abkhaz
regions of Georgia, in keeping with the August 12 and
September 8 agreements.
The United States welcomes the constructive attitude adopted
by all the participants at the November 19 Geneva talks, and
hopes that this process will foster practical cooperation to
stabilize the situation in Georgia and reduce tensions.
We further hope these discussions will provide a means of
peacefully resolving the separatist conflicts in South
Ossetia and Abkhazia in a manner that respects and protects
Georgia,s territorial integrity. In the OSCE, we should
focus our efforts in the immediate term on securing
unfettered access to the South Ossetian and Abkhaz
regionsregions for OSCE monitors; establishing and
participating in an incident response mechanism to deal with
prior and ongoing violence and abuses; and participating in a
process to ensure the safe and voluntary return of internally
displaced persons. We believe the OSCE continues to play a
critical role in Georgia, and believe the mandate of the OSCE
Mission to Georgia should be renewed as quickly as possible.
We hope these issues will be a focus of our discussions at
the Helsinki Ministerial.
The United States will help in all ways to further peaceful
conflict resolution. The United States will continue to
support Georgia,s sovereignty, independence, and territorial
integrity within its internationally recognized borders. The
United States again calls on Russia to implement in their
entirety the commitments it made in the six-point cease-fire
agreement and its clarifying documents.
Ambassador Talvitie, thank you again for your report today.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
RICE