Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MEXICO958
2009-04-02 20:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Mexico
Cable title:
MEXICO ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND
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UNCLAS MEXICO 000958
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS PREL PBTS GG RS MX
SUBJECT: MEXICO ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND
SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: A. STATE 24186
B. 08 MEXICO 02815
(SBU) Poloff conveyed points April 2 concerning Russian
recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent
states and plans to establish bases in these terrorities
(ref. A) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General
for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign
Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that SRE's Russian
interlocutors are fully aware that the Government of Mexico
(GOM) is not in favor of recognizing these terrorities such
that they no longer raise the issue. He added that the GOM
supports the August 12 and September 8 EU-brokered ceasefire
agreements between Georgia and Russia.
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American
Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BASSETT
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MOPS PREL PBTS GG RS MX
SUBJECT: MEXICO ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND
SOUTH OSSETIA
REF: A. STATE 24186
B. 08 MEXICO 02815
(SBU) Poloff conveyed points April 2 concerning Russian
recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent
states and plans to establish bases in these terrorities
(ref. A) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General
for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign
Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that SRE's Russian
interlocutors are fully aware that the Government of Mexico
(GOM) is not in favor of recognizing these terrorities such
that they no longer raise the issue. He added that the GOM
supports the August 12 and September 8 EU-brokered ceasefire
agreements between Georgia and Russia.
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American
Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap /
BASSETT