DEMARCHE: ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS

UNCLAS BERLIN 001477 SENSITIVE SIPDIS PASS POLITICAL SECTION GENEVA FOR IEA-REILLY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: IO PREL ECON ECPS KVPR ITU SUBJECT: DEMARCHE: ITU KOSOVO-RELATED ACTIONS REF: STATE 118806 ¶1. Embassy Berlin passed and discussed reftel talking points with Peter Voss, head of the division "International ICT Policy, ITU" at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; with Dr. Annegret Groebel, Head of Section for International Coordination at the Federal Network Agency; and with Marc Bogdahn, Deputy Director for the Balkans at the Foreign Office. All our interlocutors indicated that they had not been aware of the resolution and its political implications and promised to share the information with their colleagues. Voss subsequently told us he passed our concerns to the German delegation to the ITU in Geneva. Groebel promised to inform us further of German views early next week (week of November 23). ¶2. Comment: Implication left by all interlocutors was that Germany was sympathetic to US concerns but was fully unaware of Serbia's attempts to slip in a proposal via the ITU that could compromise Kosovo's sovereignty. End comment. MURPHY #