SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CFE

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000251 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV LO SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA CONCERNED ABOUT CFE REF: SECSTATE 57920 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Rosina, OSCE Officer in the Arms Control Department at MFA, and Martin Pangrac, NATO officer in the Security Policy Department. Rosina said Slovakia fully supports the U.S. initiative for dialogue, but would like the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty to be addressed as well. Rosina asked if the U.S. has consulted with any allies about raising the issue. ¶2. (SBU) Rosina and Pangrac had both read reporting on the U.S. initiative from the Slovak Mission to NATO, and both came to the meeting with print-outs of reftel talking points. Pangrac, who came to his current position from the Slovak Embassy in Moscow, appreciated the inclusion of "human rights and democracy" on the agenda for dialogue. He joked that the Russians might be more comfortable with existing security institutions once they realize additional commitments on human rights would be the price of creating new ones. EDDINS