ADAMKUS WILL RAISE SUSPENSION OF POST-PCA

C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 000715 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/29/2018 TAGS: PREL PGOV EU GG LH SUBJECT: ADAMKUS WILL RAISE SUSPENSION OF POST-PCA NEGOTIATIONS AT EU SUMMIT Classified By: Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) (C) President Adamkus's September 1 EU Summit statement will call for three actions: acting to help Georgia; strengthening the relationship with the EU of the countries bordering Russia (including Ukraine and Moldova); and reviewing in full current EU-Russia relations. MFA Acting Director of the Eastern Neighborhood Policy Department Nortautas Statkus previewed the statement with Post August 29 and elaborated especially the last point, saying it may include calls by Adamkus to suspend the current post-PCA negotiations or at least to omit reference to Russia as a "strategic partner" of the EU in any final agreement. He also said Lithuania favors a donor conference to take place in Tbilisi but said the Lithuanians hope the French, as the Presidency, will raise the idea themselves. CLOUD