Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NICOSIA220
2009-03-27 12:51:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
CYPRUS: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR SERBIA'S ICJ CASE
how-toVZCZCXRO2219 RR RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHNP RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHNC #0220 0861251 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 271251Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY NICOSIA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9753 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1410 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 000220
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, EUR/SCE (SHIRATORI, PFEUFFER)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/26/2019
TAGS: AORC PREL SE KO CY
SUBJECT: CYPRUS: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR SERBIA'S ICJ CASE
ON KOSOVO
REF: SECSTATE 29385
Classified By: DCM Jonathan Cohen, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
(C) In response to Reftel, PolChief on March 27 engaged Doros
Venezis, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's Western Balkans Desk
Officer. The RoC continued to oppose Kosovo's 2008
unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) on the strongest
possible terms, Venezis reiterated. Cyprus had supported
Serbia's effort within the UN General Assembly to seek an
advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on
the UDI's alleged illegality, and intended to file a written
statement by the April 17 deadline in line with Belgrade's
claims. Restating the traditional MFA mantra, Venezis
insisted that Kosovo was not a sui generis case, but rather
represented dangerous precedent for countries such as Cyprus
that were confronting separatism.
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