Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09COPENHAGEN483
2009-10-28 14:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Copenhagen
Cable title:
DENMARK: COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING AFGHAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000483
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE, EUR/NB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL AF
SUBJECT: DENMARK: COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING AFGHAN
GOVERNMENT
REF: STATE 109882
Classified By: Ambassador Laurie Fulton; reason 1.4 (b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000483
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE, EUR/NB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL AF
SUBJECT: DENMARK: COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING AFGHAN
GOVERNMENT
REF: STATE 109882
Classified By: Ambassador Laurie Fulton; reason 1.4 (b,d).
1. (C) On October 27, poloff conveyed reftel talking points
to Stephan Schonemann, Acting Department Head, Department for
Stabilization, Afghanistan Unit, and Jesper Thomsen, Pakistan
Team Leader, Department of South Asia. Both Schonemann and
Thomsen said the Danish Government is in full agreement with
Washington on this issue and would instruct its embassy in
Kabul accordingly.
2. (C) Schonemann also said they have become concerned that
the Karzai government may use its provincial appointment
authority to select/reappoint individuals who may not be the
optimum candidates for the coming critical period in
Afghanistan. Schonemann added that they hope the current
governor of Helmand province, where the majority of Denmark's
750-person military contingent is operating, is kept on,
because they believe he is effective and committed to
progress.
3. (C) On a related matter, Schonemann conveyed Denmark's
satisfaction that its input had been requested/considered
early on in the current U.S. strategic review, but also asked
when a final decision might be rendered; poloff said he would
pass the question on to Washington.
FULTON
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE, EUR/NB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/28/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL AF
SUBJECT: DENMARK: COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING AFGHAN
GOVERNMENT
REF: STATE 109882
Classified By: Ambassador Laurie Fulton; reason 1.4 (b,d).
1. (C) On October 27, poloff conveyed reftel talking points
to Stephan Schonemann, Acting Department Head, Department for
Stabilization, Afghanistan Unit, and Jesper Thomsen, Pakistan
Team Leader, Department of South Asia. Both Schonemann and
Thomsen said the Danish Government is in full agreement with
Washington on this issue and would instruct its embassy in
Kabul accordingly.
2. (C) Schonemann also said they have become concerned that
the Karzai government may use its provincial appointment
authority to select/reappoint individuals who may not be the
optimum candidates for the coming critical period in
Afghanistan. Schonemann added that they hope the current
governor of Helmand province, where the majority of Denmark's
750-person military contingent is operating, is kept on,
because they believe he is effective and committed to
progress.
3. (C) On a related matter, Schonemann conveyed Denmark's
satisfaction that its input had been requested/considered
early on in the current U.S. strategic review, but also asked
when a final decision might be rendered; poloff said he would
pass the question on to Washington.
FULTON