Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09NICOSIA694
2009-11-04 15:01:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Nicosia
Cable title:
(C) CYPRUS LIKELY TO STAY "NEUTRAL" ON THE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NICOSIA 000694
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, IO/HR PAUL KRUCHOWSKI, IO/UNP ANDREW
MORRISSON, NEA/IPA JEFFREY GIAUQUE; USUN FOR ELLEN GERMAIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2019
TAGS: PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
SUBJECT: (C) CYPRUS LIKELY TO STAY "NEUTRAL" ON THE
GOLDSTONE REPORT
REF: STATE 112828
Classified By: DCM Jonathan R. Cohen for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) Poloff delivered reftel points November 4 to Cyprus MFA
Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs and
International Organizations Michalis Stavrinos. Stavrinos
agreed the goal in this case is peace, along with the issues
of accountability and human rights. He noted that EU
countries had been holding discussions to pursue a consensus
position, and the GOC had been active in trying to find
language that could be acceptable. If the EU reached a
consensus, he said, Cyprus would follow; if not, the GOC
"would not take a position that would harm the principles of
peace and accountability." When pressed, he indicated he
could not imagine a situation in which Cyprus would be the
only EU country voting in favor of a resolution; he imagined
it would abstain instead. He hastily added, to rephrase,
that he thought that the GOC position would either be "in
line with the U.S. or neutral." Stavrinos told us he would
ask his mission in New York to be in contact with the U.S.
mission.
URBANCIC
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SE, IO/HR PAUL KRUCHOWSKI, IO/UNP ANDREW
MORRISSON, NEA/IPA JEFFREY GIAUQUE; USUN FOR ELLEN GERMAIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2019
TAGS: PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
SUBJECT: (C) CYPRUS LIKELY TO STAY "NEUTRAL" ON THE
GOLDSTONE REPORT
REF: STATE 112828
Classified By: DCM Jonathan R. Cohen for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) Poloff delivered reftel points November 4 to Cyprus MFA
Head of the Department of Multilateral Affairs and
International Organizations Michalis Stavrinos. Stavrinos
agreed the goal in this case is peace, along with the issues
of accountability and human rights. He noted that EU
countries had been holding discussions to pursue a consensus
position, and the GOC had been active in trying to find
language that could be acceptable. If the EU reached a
consensus, he said, Cyprus would follow; if not, the GOC
"would not take a position that would harm the principles of
peace and accountability." When pressed, he indicated he
could not imagine a situation in which Cyprus would be the
only EU country voting in favor of a resolution; he imagined
it would abstain instead. He hastily added, to rephrase,
that he thought that the GOC position would either be "in
line with the U.S. or neutral." Stavrinos told us he would
ask his mission in New York to be in contact with the U.S.
mission.
URBANCIC