Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KATHMANDU134
2009-02-20 08:35:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kathmandu
Cable title:
NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000134
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2019
TAGS: PREL AORC ICJ KV NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO
REF: A. STATE 11928
B. NEW DELHI 291
C. BEIJING 379
Classified By: Ambassador Nancy J. Powell. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L KATHMANDU 000134
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2019
TAGS: PREL AORC ICJ KV NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO
REF: A. STATE 11928
B. NEW DELHI 291
C. BEIJING 379
Classified By: Ambassador Nancy J. Powell. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard
Boucher on February 11, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra
Acharya said that the Government of Nepal (GON) has yet to
decide if it would recognize the independence of Kosovo.
Acharya acknowledged that the GON understood the U.S.
interest in Kosovo's recognition (as per Ref A points) but
could not make a decision at this time because of regional
sensitivities.
2. (C) Comment: The GON is unlikely to recognize the
independence of Kosovo as long as India and China, the two
countries that sandwich Nepal and influence much of its
foreign policy, deny recognition (Refs B and C).
POWELL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2019
TAGS: PREL AORC ICJ KV NP
SUBJECT: NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO
REF: A. STATE 11928
B. NEW DELHI 291
C. BEIJING 379
Classified By: Ambassador Nancy J. Powell. Reasons 1.4 (b/d).
1. (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard
Boucher on February 11, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra
Acharya said that the Government of Nepal (GON) has yet to
decide if it would recognize the independence of Kosovo.
Acharya acknowledged that the GON understood the U.S.
interest in Kosovo's recognition (as per Ref A points) but
could not make a decision at this time because of regional
sensitivities.
2. (C) Comment: The GON is unlikely to recognize the
independence of Kosovo as long as India and China, the two
countries that sandwich Nepal and influence much of its
foreign policy, deny recognition (Refs B and C).
POWELL