Identifier
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Classification
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09GABORONE310
2009-04-15 14:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Gaborone
Cable title:  

BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI MEMBERSHIP

Tags:  PREL EFIN BC KV 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L GABORONE 000310 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA AND EUR/SCE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2019
TAGS: PREL EFIN BC KV
SUBJECT: BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI MEMBERSHIP

REF: STATE 33629

Classified By: DCM Philip R. Drouin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L GABORONE 000310

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EEB/IFD/OMA AND EUR/SCE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/15/2019
TAGS: PREL EFIN BC KV
SUBJECT: BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO IFI MEMBERSHIP

REF: STATE 33629

Classified By: DCM Philip R. Drouin for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche April 15 to
Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Europe and the Americas
Division at Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nkoloi
said that Botswana has not yet decided whether or not to
recognize Kosovo and made no indication of whether or not
Botswana would support Kosovo's application to join the IMF
and World Bank. He promised to take the USG's request for
Botswana's support on this issue under consideration and to
pass along the information to other appropriate officers
within the GOB. Per reftel instruction, Poloff emphasized
that Botswana's vote, even if not in support of the USG
position, is extremely important to ensure that quorum is
reached.
NOLAN