Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SOFIA120
2009-03-20 14:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sofia
Cable title:
BULGARIA SUPPORTS MAINTAINING KFOR AT CURRENT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SOFIA 000120
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2029
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA SUPPORTS MAINTAINING KFOR AT CURRENT
LEVELS
REF: STATE 26179
Classified By: Charge d'Affairs Karagiannis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L SOFIA 000120
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2029
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA SUPPORTS MAINTAINING KFOR AT CURRENT
LEVELS
REF: STATE 26179
Classified By: Charge d'Affairs Karagiannis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
¶1. (C) The Government of Bulgaria strongly supports the
points include in reftel and will continue to resist any move
to reduce the size or scope of KFOR. In a recent briefing in
Sofia, Foreign Minister Kalfin said that Kosovo continues to
require NATO's commitment and KFOR must preserve an adequate
force on the ground. The government remains very concerned
about stability in Kosovo and the rest of the Western Balkans
as Bulgaria would suffer severe economic consequences should
its transportation links through Serbia be disrupted. 47
Bulgarian troops, based in Prizrin, participate in KFOR.
McEldowney