Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRASILIA337
2009-03-19 11:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
how-toR 191155Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIA TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3833 INFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW AMEMBASSY TBILISI
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRASILIA 000337
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/19/2019
TAGS: PREL MOPS PBTS BR
SUBJECT: RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
AS INDEPENDENT STATES, AND BASING PLANS
REF: STATE 24186
Classified By: Poltical Counselor Stephen Liston. Reason: 1.5 (d)
Post delvered reftel points to Brazilian Ministry for
External Relations Europe Director Elizabeth Mazzella. She
confirmed that Brazil will not recognize Abkhazia or South
Ossetia as independent states and did not foresee any
possibility that this position will change.
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