Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BUCHAREST831
2009-12-14 09:10:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bucharest
Cable title:
ROMANIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN DRAFT TREATY FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000831
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/CE ASCHEIBE/MLIBBY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL RS RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN DRAFT TREATY FOR
NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL
REF: A. USNATO 579
B. SECSTATE 127435
Classified By: DCM Jeri Guthrie-Corn, reasons 1.4(b)&(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 000831
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/CE ASCHEIBE/MLIBBY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL RS RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN DRAFT TREATY FOR
NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL
REF: A. USNATO 579
B. SECSTATE 127435
Classified By: DCM Jeri Guthrie-Corn, reasons 1.4(b)&(d)
1. (C) PolMilOff was summoned December 11 by MFA Security
Policy Director Daniel Ionita to discuss the draft Treaty
Governing Relations Among NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Member
States, presented by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the
December 4 NATO-Russia Council Ministerial (reftels). Ionita
said the Government of Romania saw the document as simply an
attempt to repackage the Russian proposal for a European
Security Treaty. The GOR believed that either proposed
Treaties would benefit Russia without any visible advantages
to NATO Member States.
2. (C) Ionita said the GOR believed the proposed treaty
undermined the central role of the OSCE in ensuring peace and
stability in Europe, was detrimental to the Corfu Process and
could allow Russia to bypass its CFE commitments. Ionita
suggested that Russia should be encouraged to implement first
the extant decisions from the previous NRC Ministerial, such
as the Joint Review of 21st Century Common Security
Challenges and the NRC Work Plan for 2010, before proposing
any new legal documents. Ionita recommended that the NATO
SYG emphasize this message during his upcoming trip to
Moscow, December 15-17.
GITENSTEIN
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EUR/CE ASCHEIBE/MLIBBY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL RS RO
SUBJECT: ROMANIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN DRAFT TREATY FOR
NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL
REF: A. USNATO 579
B. SECSTATE 127435
Classified By: DCM Jeri Guthrie-Corn, reasons 1.4(b)&(d)
1. (C) PolMilOff was summoned December 11 by MFA Security
Policy Director Daniel Ionita to discuss the draft Treaty
Governing Relations Among NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Member
States, presented by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the
December 4 NATO-Russia Council Ministerial (reftels). Ionita
said the Government of Romania saw the document as simply an
attempt to repackage the Russian proposal for a European
Security Treaty. The GOR believed that either proposed
Treaties would benefit Russia without any visible advantages
to NATO Member States.
2. (C) Ionita said the GOR believed the proposed treaty
undermined the central role of the OSCE in ensuring peace and
stability in Europe, was detrimental to the Corfu Process and
could allow Russia to bypass its CFE commitments. Ionita
suggested that Russia should be encouraged to implement first
the extant decisions from the previous NRC Ministerial, such
as the Joint Review of 21st Century Common Security
Challenges and the NRC Work Plan for 2010, before proposing
any new legal documents. Ionita recommended that the NATO
SYG emphasize this message during his upcoming trip to
Moscow, December 15-17.
GITENSTEIN