CZECH COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA'S ACTIONS RELATED TO

UNCLAS PRAGUE 000299 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV EZ EUN SUBJECT: CZECH COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA'S ACTIONS RELATED TO KOSOVO PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL COOPERATION COUNCIL REF: STATE 55320 ¶1. (SBU) Czech MFA Office of South and South East Europe Deputy Director Josef Zrzavecky commented that the Czech MFA reached out on May 29 to its Embassy in Chisinau. According to Zrzavecky, the MFA instructed its Ambassador to raise Czech bilateral concerns that Kosovo representatives are not being allowed to attend the Regional Cooperation Council meeting and that for this reason Czech representation from Prague at this event may be reduced. (Note: While the Czechs were not planning to send a representative from Prague even before Moldova stated it would not allow GoK representatives to enter Moldova, the Czechs are still making this point with the Moldovans. End Note.) ¶2. (SBU) Zrzavecky stated that since the Czech Republic holds the EU Presidency, and the EU does not have a united position on Kosovo participation at this event, the Czechs will need to attend and represent the EU, but this will likely be done by their Ambassador in Chisinau. The MFA has not heard back from its Ambassador regarding this demarche yet. They have, however, expressed a willingness to inform us if the Moldovan response is noteworthy. Thompson-Jones