Identifier
Created
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09ATHENS1153
2009-07-02 15:04:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON
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UNCLAS ATHENS 001153
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR
SUBJECT: GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON
PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA
REF: STATE 66632
(SBU) We delivered reftel points July 2 to Greek MFA D-1 (United
Nations and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor
Dimitrios Papandreou, who welcomed our message as a helpful
follow-on to discussions of broadening the concept of participation
at the plenary session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast
of Somalia (CGPCS) in New York on May 29. Papandreou agreed that
there were a variety of important ways to contribute to the fight
against piracy. On Cyprus specifically, Papandreou said that
although Cyprus might lack military resources, it could for example
decide to contribute to the proposed international trust fund for
counter-piracy. He expressed hope that this broad approach to
participation would allow the CGPCS get beyond membership
controversies and spend more energy on coordinating international
policy in the fight against piracy. Papandreou was eager to remain
in contact with us as the USG gauges reaction from Turkey and other
CGPCS participants to determine if there will be sufficient support
to resolve this issue at the next CGPCS plenary.
SPECKHARD
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR
SUBJECT: GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON
PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA
REF: STATE 66632
(SBU) We delivered reftel points July 2 to Greek MFA D-1 (United
Nations and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor
Dimitrios Papandreou, who welcomed our message as a helpful
follow-on to discussions of broadening the concept of participation
at the plenary session of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast
of Somalia (CGPCS) in New York on May 29. Papandreou agreed that
there were a variety of important ways to contribute to the fight
against piracy. On Cyprus specifically, Papandreou said that
although Cyprus might lack military resources, it could for example
decide to contribute to the proposed international trust fund for
counter-piracy. He expressed hope that this broad approach to
participation would allow the CGPCS get beyond membership
controversies and spend more energy on coordinating international
policy in the fight against piracy. Papandreou was eager to remain
in contact with us as the USG gauges reaction from Turkey and other
CGPCS participants to determine if there will be sufficient support
to resolve this issue at the next CGPCS plenary.
SPECKHARD