Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08VILNIUS724
2008-09-04 15:22:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vilnius
Cable title:
GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 000724
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM EUN RU GG LH
SUBJECT: GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR
GEORGIA; REVIEW OF TRANSATLANTIC THREATS
REF: A. STATE 93272
B. STATE 93264
Classified By: Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L VILNIUS 000724
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM EUN RU GG LH
SUBJECT: GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR
GEORGIA; REVIEW OF TRANSATLANTIC THREATS
REF: A. STATE 93272
B. STATE 93264
Classified By: Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus
Navikas told Post September 4 that GOL Foreign Minister
Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 5 Gymnich
(refs a and b) in favor of sending an ESDP Mission to Georgia
(and contributing Lithuanian personnel),making a political
decision on when to begin visa facilitation dialogues with
Georgia and Ukraine, and calling for collaboration with the
U.S. on both an updated EU Security Strategy and a
reassessment of current transatlantic threats, specifically
from Russia.
2. (C) Navikas said Vaitiekunas was pleased with the
September 1 EU Summit conclusions. He is now intent on
lobbying his fellow foreign ministers to transform these
conclusions into concrete action plans at the Gymnich so that
they can then become consensus decisions at the September 15
GAERC.
3. (C) On other Gymnich issues, Lithuania agrees with the USG
position on both the "unhelpfulness" of Serbia requesting an
ICJ referral on Kosovo independence from the UNGA and the
importance of the EULEX mission in the Balkans. Lithuania
also supports increased EU engagement in the Middle East and
the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
CLOUD
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/04/2018
TAGS: PREL PHUM EUN RU GG LH
SUBJECT: GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR
GEORGIA; REVIEW OF TRANSATLANTIC THREATS
REF: A. STATE 93272
B. STATE 93264
Classified By: Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus
Navikas told Post September 4 that GOL Foreign Minister
Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 5 Gymnich
(refs a and b) in favor of sending an ESDP Mission to Georgia
(and contributing Lithuanian personnel),making a political
decision on when to begin visa facilitation dialogues with
Georgia and Ukraine, and calling for collaboration with the
U.S. on both an updated EU Security Strategy and a
reassessment of current transatlantic threats, specifically
from Russia.
2. (C) Navikas said Vaitiekunas was pleased with the
September 1 EU Summit conclusions. He is now intent on
lobbying his fellow foreign ministers to transform these
conclusions into concrete action plans at the Gymnich so that
they can then become consensus decisions at the September 15
GAERC.
3. (C) On other Gymnich issues, Lithuania agrees with the USG
position on both the "unhelpfulness" of Serbia requesting an
ICJ referral on Kosovo independence from the UNGA and the
importance of the EULEX mission in the Balkans. Lithuania
also supports increased EU engagement in the Middle East and
the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
CLOUD