Identifier
Created
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09SOFIA593
2009-10-16 12:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Sofia
Cable title:
BULGARIA SUPPORTS NEW U.S. SEDM POLICY, WILL
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UNCLAS SOFIA 000593
SIPDIS
EUR/SCE FOR CATHY WESTLEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA SUPPORTS NEW U.S. SEDM POLICY, WILL
COORDINATE ENTRANCE OF NEW MEMBERS
REF: STATE 107044
UNCLAS SOFIA 000593
SIPDIS
EUR/SCE FOR CATHY WESTLEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA SUPPORTS NEW U.S. SEDM POLICY, WILL
COORDINATE ENTRANCE OF NEW MEMBERS
REF: STATE 107044
1. (U) Deputy Minister of Defense Anyu Angelov welcomed
reftel points and said Bulgaria enthusiastically supports the
new U.S. policy toward SEDM enlargement. As hosts of this
years SEDM, Angelov said Bulgaria will immediately begin work
to coordinate the necessary steps to complete Serbia and
Montenegro's accession. Angelov did not see any obstacles to
this, but his staff members noted that some legal issues will
have to be massaged in order to formally allow the countries
into the organization at next week's event. One issue is
that according to the "Agreement on the Establishment of a
Coordination Committee in the Framework of the SEDM Process",
any country wishing to join SEDM should first accede to the
agreement. It is not clear that there will be time to
complete this process in Serbia and Montenegro prior to the
ministerial, though he believed that Serbian and Montenegrin
representatives could participate in the event. Deputy
Minister Angelov was confident the SEDM event next week could
be used to express the political will of all members to
accept the two new members and to use this historic
announcement to stimulate concrete discussions on integration.
2. (U) The Bulgarians propose to add the following
paragraphs to the official communique of the ministerial:
SEDM members responded positively to the official
applications for SEDM membership submitted by the Minister of
Defense of the Republic of Montenegro and the Minister of
Defense of the Republic of Serbia. The Ministers welcomed
Montenegro and Serbia into SEDM and encouraged them to
complete the necessary legal procedures as soon as possible.
SEDM ministers affirmed that the welcoming of Montenegro and
Serbia as new SEDM members is a demonstration of SEDM's "open
door" policy for new participants, which holds that any
country that supports SEDM's principles is able to join.
Accordingly, SEDM ministers look forward to admitting
additional members from the region in the future.
ORDWAY
SIPDIS
EUR/SCE FOR CATHY WESTLEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA SUPPORTS NEW U.S. SEDM POLICY, WILL
COORDINATE ENTRANCE OF NEW MEMBERS
REF: STATE 107044
1. (U) Deputy Minister of Defense Anyu Angelov welcomed
reftel points and said Bulgaria enthusiastically supports the
new U.S. policy toward SEDM enlargement. As hosts of this
years SEDM, Angelov said Bulgaria will immediately begin work
to coordinate the necessary steps to complete Serbia and
Montenegro's accession. Angelov did not see any obstacles to
this, but his staff members noted that some legal issues will
have to be massaged in order to formally allow the countries
into the organization at next week's event. One issue is
that according to the "Agreement on the Establishment of a
Coordination Committee in the Framework of the SEDM Process",
any country wishing to join SEDM should first accede to the
agreement. It is not clear that there will be time to
complete this process in Serbia and Montenegro prior to the
ministerial, though he believed that Serbian and Montenegrin
representatives could participate in the event. Deputy
Minister Angelov was confident the SEDM event next week could
be used to express the political will of all members to
accept the two new members and to use this historic
announcement to stimulate concrete discussions on integration.
2. (U) The Bulgarians propose to add the following
paragraphs to the official communique of the ministerial:
SEDM members responded positively to the official
applications for SEDM membership submitted by the Minister of
Defense of the Republic of Montenegro and the Minister of
Defense of the Republic of Serbia. The Ministers welcomed
Montenegro and Serbia into SEDM and encouraged them to
complete the necessary legal procedures as soon as possible.
SEDM ministers affirmed that the welcoming of Montenegro and
Serbia as new SEDM members is a demonstration of SEDM's "open
door" policy for new participants, which holds that any
country that supports SEDM's principles is able to join.
Accordingly, SEDM ministers look forward to admitting
additional members from the region in the future.
ORDWAY