Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09DUSHANBE185
2009-02-13 13:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dushanbe
Cable title:  

KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION

Tags:  PREL AORC ICJ KV TI 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 000185 

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 2/13/2019
TAGS: PREL AORC ICJ KV TI
SUBJECT: KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION

REF: STATE 11928

CLASSIFIED BY: Necia Quast, DCM, EXEC, DOS.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
Classified by DCM Necia Quast, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)



C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 000185

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 2/13/2019
TAGS: PREL AORC ICJ KV TI
SUBJECT: KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION

REF: STATE 11928

CLASSIFIED BY: Necia Quast, DCM, EXEC, DOS.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
Classified by DCM Necia Quast, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)




1. (C) Pol/Econ Officer discussed reftel demarche with
Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev, Second Secretary of the Department of
European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Higher ranking officials were unavailable because they
were traveling with President Rahmon to Europe. Ubaidulloev
commented that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not offer
an official position on Kosovo recognition because it had
received no decision on the matter from the government. The MFA
had referred our past demarches on Kosovo to the government
(i.e. the Presidential Administration) for guidance, and had
received no reply. In past conversations, head of the European
and North American Affairs Khusrav Nosiri commented that
Tajikistan wished to avoid the question of Kosovo recognition,
because of perceived parallels with the question of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia.




2. (C) Comment: The Tajiks wish to steer clear of Kosovo, and of
the separatist territories in Georgia. While demarches to
Tajikistan urging recognition of Kosovo probably do no harm, we
see little prospect that they could have any impact on
Tajikistan's policy of avoiding the issue altogether. End
Comment.

JACOBSON