Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BELGRADE846
2009-08-12 09:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Belgrade
Cable title:
SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM
how-toVZCZCXYZ0002 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHBW #0846 2240929 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 120927Z AUG 09 FM AMEMBASSY BELGRADE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0151 INFO RUEHBW/AMEMBASSY BELGRADE RUEHPS/AMEMBASSY PRISTINA 0001 RUEHVB/AMEMBASSY ZAGREB 0001
UNCLAS BELGRADE 000846
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM
REF: STATE 78227; BELGRADE 357
UNCLAS BELGRADE 000846
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM
REF: STATE 78227; BELGRADE 357
1. (SBU) In an August 11 meeting, Poloff previewed for MFA Human
Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic and OSCE and CoE
Directorate Counselor Vladan Soskic topics and concerns that might be
raised by the U.S. delegation to the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension
Implementation Meeting (HDIM) (ref A).
2. (SBU) Lazovic and Soskic thanked Poloff for the information and
responded that Serbia intended to highlight during the HDIM the
status of the Serb minority in Kosovo and the need for a durable
solution for the approximately 300,000 refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs) in Serbia as a result of the conflicts in
the 1990s. Soskic clarified that Serbia was committed to addressing
the refugee and IDP situation within the multilateral framework
foreseen by the Sarajevo process initiated in 2005 and stressed that
Serbia believed that the OSCE Office in Zagreb should not be closed
until this process was implemented satisfactorily. He also suggested
that the Serbian delegation might be able to share experiences from
its recently concluded presidency of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
(ref B).
3. (U) Lazovic stated in conclusion that the Ministry will have
information on the composition of its delegation once the HDIM agenda
is finalized but that he anticipated broad participation by a number
of government ministries.
BRUSH
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE SR
SUBJECT: SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM
REF: STATE 78227; BELGRADE 357
1. (SBU) In an August 11 meeting, Poloff previewed for MFA Human
Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic and OSCE and CoE
Directorate Counselor Vladan Soskic topics and concerns that might be
raised by the U.S. delegation to the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension
Implementation Meeting (HDIM) (ref A).
2. (SBU) Lazovic and Soskic thanked Poloff for the information and
responded that Serbia intended to highlight during the HDIM the
status of the Serb minority in Kosovo and the need for a durable
solution for the approximately 300,000 refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs) in Serbia as a result of the conflicts in
the 1990s. Soskic clarified that Serbia was committed to addressing
the refugee and IDP situation within the multilateral framework
foreseen by the Sarajevo process initiated in 2005 and stressed that
Serbia believed that the OSCE Office in Zagreb should not be closed
until this process was implemented satisfactorily. He also suggested
that the Serbian delegation might be able to share experiences from
its recently concluded presidency of the Decade of Roma Inclusion
(ref B).
3. (U) Lazovic stated in conclusion that the Ministry will have
information on the composition of its delegation once the HDIM agenda
is finalized but that he anticipated broad participation by a number
of government ministries.
BRUSH