Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09JAKARTA1531
2009-09-15 05:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON RECOGNITION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001531
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SUBJECT: KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON RECOGNITION
REF: STATE 94939
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 001531
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SUBJECT: KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON RECOGNITION
REF: STATE 94939
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to meet with
Kosovo representatives on the margins of the upcoming UNGA.
Noting that 62 countries have now recognized Kosovo, we again
urged Indonesia to take that step. Presidential Palace and
Department of Foreign Affairs contacts said they would brief
the Office of the Foreign Minister re the U.S. points (the
FonMin is slated to represent Indonesia at UNGA). They added
that the GOI has no plans to recognize Kosovo at this point.
END SUMMARY.
2. (C) Mission has made reftel Kosovo-related points to the
GOI. On September 14, Pol/C discussed the points with Astari
Daenuwy, an international affairs assistant at the
Presidential Palace, and with Cicilia Rusdiharini of the
Americas Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU).
Pol/C urged that Indonesia respond favorably to any Kosovar
requests for meetings to be held on the margins of the
upcoming UNGA. Pol/C underlined that the U.S. urged
Indonesia to recognize Kosovo. Sixty-two countries had
already done so, including most recently Jordan. Kosovo is
also a member of the World Bank and the IMF. Pol/C stressed
that recognizing Kosovo would further stability in the
Southeast European region.
3. (C) Contacts took the USG points on board. Rusdiharini
of DEPLU said she would pass our points to the Office of the
Foreign Minister given that FonMin Wirajuda would represent
Indonesia at UNGA. Daenuwy and Rusdiharini commented that
Indonesia has no plans to recognize Kosovo at this point.
Daenuwy remarked that the GOI continues to worry that
Kosovo's situation creates a precedent which
Indonesia--facing separatist tensions of its own--is deeply
concerned with. Pol/C urged that the GOI revisit the issue
in the interests of supporting stability and reconciliation
in an historically troubled region.
OSIUS
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DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS, EAP/MLS, EAP/RSP, EUR, EUR/SCE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/14/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV AORC PBTS ID KV
SUBJECT: KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON RECOGNITION
REF: STATE 94939
Classified By: Pol/C Joseph L. Novak, reasons 1.4(b+d).
1. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to meet with
Kosovo representatives on the margins of the upcoming UNGA.
Noting that 62 countries have now recognized Kosovo, we again
urged Indonesia to take that step. Presidential Palace and
Department of Foreign Affairs contacts said they would brief
the Office of the Foreign Minister re the U.S. points (the
FonMin is slated to represent Indonesia at UNGA). They added
that the GOI has no plans to recognize Kosovo at this point.
END SUMMARY.
2. (C) Mission has made reftel Kosovo-related points to the
GOI. On September 14, Pol/C discussed the points with Astari
Daenuwy, an international affairs assistant at the
Presidential Palace, and with Cicilia Rusdiharini of the
Americas Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU).
Pol/C urged that Indonesia respond favorably to any Kosovar
requests for meetings to be held on the margins of the
upcoming UNGA. Pol/C underlined that the U.S. urged
Indonesia to recognize Kosovo. Sixty-two countries had
already done so, including most recently Jordan. Kosovo is
also a member of the World Bank and the IMF. Pol/C stressed
that recognizing Kosovo would further stability in the
Southeast European region.
3. (C) Contacts took the USG points on board. Rusdiharini
of DEPLU said she would pass our points to the Office of the
Foreign Minister given that FonMin Wirajuda would represent
Indonesia at UNGA. Daenuwy and Rusdiharini commented that
Indonesia has no plans to recognize Kosovo at this point.
Daenuwy remarked that the GOI continues to worry that
Kosovo's situation creates a precedent which
Indonesia--facing separatist tensions of its own--is deeply
concerned with. Pol/C urged that the GOI revisit the issue
in the interests of supporting stability and reconciliation
in an historically troubled region.
OSIUS