Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ATHENS253
2009-02-26 15:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Athens
Cable title:
GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND
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UNCLAS ATHENS 000253
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND
ALBANIAN NATO ACCESSION - REMAINING BUREAUCRATIC STEPS
REF: A. HOVENIER/EUR-RPM E-MAIL OF 2/20/09
B. ATHENS 147 (AND PREVIOUS)
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
UNCLAS ATHENS 000253
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND
ALBANIAN NATO ACCESSION - REMAINING BUREAUCRATIC STEPS
REF: A. HOVENIER/EUR-RPM E-MAIL OF 2/20/09
B. ATHENS 147 (AND PREVIOUS)
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
1. (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally
ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to
join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last
political step, the protocols must still be signed by the
President of the Republic and published in the "Official
Gazette." The official date of ratification will be the date
it is published in the "Official Gazette." This has not yet
occurred.
2 (SBU) Pol-Mil Chief raised with the diplomatic advisor to
the President, Theodoros Passas, and with the Deputy Director
of the MFA NATO Directorate, Theodoros Daskarolis, the need
to accelerate the process of obtaining the President's
signature and publication in the "Official Gazette." Passas
reported that the President had the protocols and would sign
them "within the next few days." Daskarolis reported that
Foreign Minister Bakoyannis had instructed her staff to
ensure that the Parliament's ratification of the two
accession protocols was published in the "Official Gazette"
as soon as possible. Daskarolis said the MFA had made
arrangements with the "Official Gazette" to do so "within the
nexttwo or three weeks." Daskarolis confirmed that he MFA
has the formal instruments of ratificaion ready to be
transmitted to Washington as oon as the two protocols are
published in the "Official Gazette," and he said the MFA was
certain the formal Greek deposit of instruments of
ratification would take place "by mid-March at the latest,"
and "well before the NATO Summit." Embassy Athens will
continue to press for rapid conclusion of this process and
report once the Parliament's ratification of the two
protocols has been published in the "Official Gazette."
SPECKHARD
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
SUBJECT: GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND
ALBANIAN NATO ACCESSION - REMAINING BUREAUCRATIC STEPS
REF: A. HOVENIER/EUR-RPM E-MAIL OF 2/20/09
B. ATHENS 147 (AND PREVIOUS)
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
1. (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally
ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to
join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last
political step, the protocols must still be signed by the
President of the Republic and published in the "Official
Gazette." The official date of ratification will be the date
it is published in the "Official Gazette." This has not yet
occurred.
2 (SBU) Pol-Mil Chief raised with the diplomatic advisor to
the President, Theodoros Passas, and with the Deputy Director
of the MFA NATO Directorate, Theodoros Daskarolis, the need
to accelerate the process of obtaining the President's
signature and publication in the "Official Gazette." Passas
reported that the President had the protocols and would sign
them "within the next few days." Daskarolis reported that
Foreign Minister Bakoyannis had instructed her staff to
ensure that the Parliament's ratification of the two
accession protocols was published in the "Official Gazette"
as soon as possible. Daskarolis said the MFA had made
arrangements with the "Official Gazette" to do so "within the
nexttwo or three weeks." Daskarolis confirmed that he MFA
has the formal instruments of ratificaion ready to be
transmitted to Washington as oon as the two protocols are
published in the "Official Gazette," and he said the MFA was
certain the formal Greek deposit of instruments of
ratification would take place "by mid-March at the latest,"
and "well before the NATO Summit." Embassy Athens will
continue to press for rapid conclusion of this process and
report once the Parliament's ratification of the two
protocols has been published in the "Official Gazette."
SPECKHARD