Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08VILNIUS715
2008-08-29 14:16:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vilnius
Cable title:
ADAMKUS WILL RAISE SUSPENSION OF POST-PCA
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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
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