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08YAOUNDE879
2008-09-12 15:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Yaounde
Cable title:  

GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH

Tags:  CM GG PGOV PREL RU 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L YAOUNDE 000879 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/C AND EUR/RUS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2018
TAGS: CM GG PGOV PREL RU
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH
OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA AS INDEPENDENT STATES

REF: SECSTATE 91894

Classified By: Poloff Tad Brown for reasons 1.4 b and d.

C O N F I D E N T I A L YAOUNDE 000879

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/C AND EUR/RUS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/12/2018
TAGS: CM GG PGOV PREL RU
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH
OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA AS INDEPENDENT STATES

REF: SECSTATE 91894

Classified By: Poloff Tad Brown for reasons 1.4 b and d.


1. (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the
Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to
deliver reftel demarche. Foumane, who had just returned from
an official visit to Moscow, said the Government of Russia
had not yet approached the Government of Cameroon (GRC)
regarding the status of South Ossetia. Foumane was not
willing to commit the GRC to a particular decision, but he
did emphasize that the GRC would make any such decision
"based on respect for international law."


2. (C) Comment: Post assesses as extremely unlikely the
chance that the GRC would recognize South Ossetia in the
current environment. The GRC is still focused on protecting
its own territorial integrity and is unlikely to want to
encourage a precedent. Additionally, the GRC would not take
a leadership role on this issue, especially one that would be
at odds with USG and EU policy. End comment.
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