Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08VALLETTA294
2008-07-16 14:31:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Valletta
Cable title:
MALTA'S FM: KOSOVO RECOGNITION BY END OF JULY
how-toVZCZCXRO9157 PP RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHVT #0294 1981431 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 161431Z JUL 08 FM AMEMBASSY VALLETTA TO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1650
C O N F I D E N T I A L VALLETTA 000294
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE, EUR/WE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/16/2009
TAGS: PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT
SUBJECT: MALTA'S FM: KOSOVO RECOGNITION BY END OF JULY
REF: A. VALLETTA 00270
¶B. STATE 69691
¶C. VALLETTA 227
¶D. VALLETTA 0056
¶E. STATE 13716
¶F. 07 VALLETTA 470
Classified By: A/DCM MCummings for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) July 15 at a state dinner for Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas, Foreign Minister Tonio Borg informed
Ambassador Bordonaro that Malta would officially recognize
Kosovo by the end of July. As reported reftels, Borg told
embassy officials that Malta would not recognize Kosovo until
the new Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee had been
formed and briefed on the matter, which took place on July 7.
The final decision will be taken by the Prime Minister and
announced in the coming weeks.
BORDONARO