Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09AMMAN434
2009-02-18 12:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:
JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 000434
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2019
TAGS: PREL ICJ KV JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO
RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 11928
B. 08 AMMAN 1486
Classified By: AMBASSADOR R. STEPHEN BEECROFT
FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 000434
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2019
TAGS: PREL ICJ KV JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO
RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 11928
B. 08 AMMAN 1486
Classified By: AMBASSADOR R. STEPHEN BEECROFT
FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and points on
February 12 to Daifallah Al-Fayez, First Secretary in the
European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fayez stated that the GOJ was still studying the matter and
did not plan to get ahead of the Arab League. When PolOff
noted that the United Arab Emirates had recognized Kosovo and
that Jordan was also in a position to be a leader on the
issue, Fayez replied that even some European countries had
not yet recognized Kosovo, including Spain. He raised the
concern that recognizing Kosovo could be a precedent for
other national movements to seek independence as well. Fayez
noted, however, that Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir has
already met with senior Kosovo officials and that "in
practice we have recognized."
2. (C) Ambassador has previously raised the issue with
officials here, including most recently with Chief of the
Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi. They indicated that Jordan
planned to move forward on recognition some time in the
spring. They explained that Jordan was delaying Kosovo
recognition while Jordan's International Court of Justice
Judge Awn Khasawneh campaigned for the ICJ President's seat.
Jordan did not want to take a stance on Kosovo that
Khasawneh's opponents might use against him. The election is
now over, and the Ambassador will follow up on the issue with
Jordanian officials at the next possible opportunity.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
Beecroft
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ELA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/16/2019
TAGS: PREL ICJ KV JO
SUBJECT: JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO
RECOGNITION
REF: A. STATE 11928
B. 08 AMMAN 1486
Classified By: AMBASSADOR R. STEPHEN BEECROFT
FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
1. (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and points on
February 12 to Daifallah Al-Fayez, First Secretary in the
European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Fayez stated that the GOJ was still studying the matter and
did not plan to get ahead of the Arab League. When PolOff
noted that the United Arab Emirates had recognized Kosovo and
that Jordan was also in a position to be a leader on the
issue, Fayez replied that even some European countries had
not yet recognized Kosovo, including Spain. He raised the
concern that recognizing Kosovo could be a precedent for
other national movements to seek independence as well. Fayez
noted, however, that Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir has
already met with senior Kosovo officials and that "in
practice we have recognized."
2. (C) Ambassador has previously raised the issue with
officials here, including most recently with Chief of the
Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi. They indicated that Jordan
planned to move forward on recognition some time in the
spring. They explained that Jordan was delaying Kosovo
recognition while Jordan's International Court of Justice
Judge Awn Khasawneh campaigned for the ICJ President's seat.
Jordan did not want to take a stance on Kosovo that
Khasawneh's opponents might use against him. The election is
now over, and the Ambassador will follow up on the issue with
Jordanian officials at the next possible opportunity.
Visit Amman's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/amman/
Beecroft