Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08USNATO277
2008-08-08 16:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
RUSSIAN NATO AMBASSADOR DECRIES "TREACHEROUS"
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UNCLAS USNATO 000277
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS PREL NATO GG RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN NATO AMBASSADOR DECRIES "TREACHEROUS"
GEORGIAN USE OF FORCE
REF: A. USNATO 274
B. USNATO 275
C. USNATO 276
UNCLAS USNATO 000277
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS PREL NATO GG RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN NATO AMBASSADOR DECRIES "TREACHEROUS"
GEORGIAN USE OF FORCE
REF: A. USNATO 274
B. USNATO 275
C. USNATO 276
1. (SBU) Late on the afternoon of August 8, the Russian
Mission distributed a letter addressed to Deputy Secretary
General Bisogniero on the unfolding crisis in Georgia.
2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as follows:
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO
Brussels, 8 August 2008
Dr. Mr. C. Bisogniero,
We would like to draw your attention to grim and alarming
realities of the situation in South Ossetia. On the night of
August 7-8, just several hours after the agreement had been
reached to hold talks to settle the new round of the South
Ossetia conflict Georgian military units undertook a
treacherous, massive attack on Tskhinvali. A use-of-force
scenario was resorted to by the Georgian leadership, despite
all the diplomatic efforts that had been undertaken in
contacts among Moscow, Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Washington and
other concerned capitals. The fighting is going on, the
number of civilian victims in South Ossetia is sharply
rising. The Russian peacekeepers were also attacked by the
Georgian forces, several were killed, three wounded.
The credibility of the Georgian leadership as a responsible
participant of the negotiation process and of the
international intercourse corresponding to the principles of
the United Nations Charter in general has been completely
undermined as a result.
The Russian Federation will continue its efforts directed at
preventing any further bloodshed and at getting the situation
in South Ossetia back into its peaceful course.
We kindly ask you to make the substance of this note known to
the NRC and partner countries.
Sincerely yours,
signed
D. Rogozin
H.E. Mr. Claudio BISOGNIERO
Deputy NATO Secretary General
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels, Belgium
WEINROD
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS PREL NATO GG RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN NATO AMBASSADOR DECRIES "TREACHEROUS"
GEORGIAN USE OF FORCE
REF: A. USNATO 274
B. USNATO 275
C. USNATO 276
1. (SBU) Late on the afternoon of August 8, the Russian
Mission distributed a letter addressed to Deputy Secretary
General Bisogniero on the unfolding crisis in Georgia.
2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as follows:
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO
Brussels, 8 August 2008
Dr. Mr. C. Bisogniero,
We would like to draw your attention to grim and alarming
realities of the situation in South Ossetia. On the night of
August 7-8, just several hours after the agreement had been
reached to hold talks to settle the new round of the South
Ossetia conflict Georgian military units undertook a
treacherous, massive attack on Tskhinvali. A use-of-force
scenario was resorted to by the Georgian leadership, despite
all the diplomatic efforts that had been undertaken in
contacts among Moscow, Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Washington and
other concerned capitals. The fighting is going on, the
number of civilian victims in South Ossetia is sharply
rising. The Russian peacekeepers were also attacked by the
Georgian forces, several were killed, three wounded.
The credibility of the Georgian leadership as a responsible
participant of the negotiation process and of the
international intercourse corresponding to the principles of
the United Nations Charter in general has been completely
undermined as a result.
The Russian Federation will continue its efforts directed at
preventing any further bloodshed and at getting the situation
in South Ossetia back into its peaceful course.
We kindly ask you to make the substance of this note known to
the NRC and partner countries.
Sincerely yours,
signed
D. Rogozin
H.E. Mr. Claudio BISOGNIERO
Deputy NATO Secretary General
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels, Belgium
WEINROD