Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08WARSAW243
2008-02-22 14:09:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Warsaw
Cable title:
PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 000243
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR A/S FRIED, DAS DICARLO AND DAS GARBER
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/NCE AND EUR/SCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL
SUBJECT: PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND
PLANS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON FEBRUARY 26
REF: A. STATE 17891
B. WARSAW 227
C. WARSAW 225 AND PREVIOUS
D. STATE 16319
Classified By: Charge d'affaires Mary T. Curtin for reasons 1.4(b) and
(d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L WARSAW 000243
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR A/S FRIED, DAS DICARLO AND DAS GARBER
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/NCE AND EUR/SCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL
SUBJECT: PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND
PLANS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON FEBRUARY 26
REF: A. STATE 17891
B. WARSAW 227
C. WARSAW 225 AND PREVIOUS
D. STATE 16319
Classified By: Charge d'affaires Mary T. Curtin for reasons 1.4(b) and
(d).
1. (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18
Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and
Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish
recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with
President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media
February 21 that, "If it were not for the President's
requesting that the decision on Kosovo be postponed, it would
have been made at the Cabinet session on Tuesday (February
19)." This amplified similar comments by FM Radek Sikorski
the day before. (N.B. Per reftels, President Lech Kaczynski
harbors concerns that recognizing Kosovo could aggravate the
separatist situations in Georgia and other former Soviet
republics.) In separate comments to Polish Radio Zet, Tusk's
Chef de Cabinet Slawomir Nowak said, "We will accept the
independence of Kosovo. The matter will most likely be
closed next Tuesday (February 26) at the Council of
Ministers." MFA contacts confirm that recognition at the
February 26 Cabinet session is almost a foregone conclusion.
CURTIN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR A/S FRIED, DAS DICARLO AND DAS GARBER
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/NCE AND EUR/SCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/22/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL
SUBJECT: PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND
PLANS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON FEBRUARY 26
REF: A. STATE 17891
B. WARSAW 227
C. WARSAW 225 AND PREVIOUS
D. STATE 16319
Classified By: Charge d'affaires Mary T. Curtin for reasons 1.4(b) and
(d).
1. (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18
Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and
Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish
recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with
President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media
February 21 that, "If it were not for the President's
requesting that the decision on Kosovo be postponed, it would
have been made at the Cabinet session on Tuesday (February
19)." This amplified similar comments by FM Radek Sikorski
the day before. (N.B. Per reftels, President Lech Kaczynski
harbors concerns that recognizing Kosovo could aggravate the
separatist situations in Georgia and other former Soviet
republics.) In separate comments to Polish Radio Zet, Tusk's
Chef de Cabinet Slawomir Nowak said, "We will accept the
independence of Kosovo. The matter will most likely be
closed next Tuesday (February 26) at the Council of
Ministers." MFA contacts confirm that recognition at the
February 26 Cabinet session is almost a foregone conclusion.
CURTIN