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09STATE41016
2009-04-23 20:23:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Secretary of State
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(C) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP ON NEW SERBIAN PERMANENT

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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY BELGRADE 2099
S E C R E T STATE 041016 

NOFORN
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/23/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV PREL RI
SUBJECT: (C) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP ON NEW SERBIAN PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE AND AMBASSADOR (C-RE9-00843)

REF: BELGRADE 000050

Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).

S E C R E T STATE 041016

NOFORN
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/23/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV PREL RI
SUBJECT: (C) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP ON NEW SERBIAN PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE AND AMBASSADOR (C-RE9-00843)

REF: BELGRADE 000050

Classified By: SUZANNE MCCORMICK, DIR., INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).


1. (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFS
OUTLINING BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW SERBIAN AMBASSADOR TO
THE US, VLADIMIR PETROVIC, AND A NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE UN, FEODOR STARCEVIC. ANALYSTS VALUE THIS TYPE OF
BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING AND ARE INTERESTED IN ANY FURTHER
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION POST MAY ACQUIRE. ANALYSTS WOULD
PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE INSIGHT INTO THESE INDIVIDUALS,
POLICY PERSPECTIVES, OPERATING AND NEGOTIATING STYLES,
PERSONALITIES, POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, AND PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. MANY
THANKS, AND REGARDS FROM WASHINGTON.


A. (C) WHO ARE VLADIMIR PETROVIC AND FEODOR STARCEVIC,S
KEY CONTACTS IN THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT IN BELGRADE? WHAT IS
THEIR LEVEL OF INTERACTION WITH SERBIAN PRESIDENT BORIS
TADIC, FOREIGN MINISTER VUK JEREMIC, TADIC'S FOREIGN POLICY
ADVISER JOVAN RATKOVIC, JEREMIC'S KEY ADVISER AND FOREIGN
MINISTRY POLITICAL DIRECTOR BORISLAV "BORKO" STEFANOVIC, AND
OTHERS?


B. (C) WHAT ARE VLADIMIR PETROVIC AND FEODOR STARCEVIC'S
PERSONAL POLICY GOALS TOWARDS THE REGION AND/OR THE US? HOW,
IF AT ALL, DO THEY DIFFER FROM BELGRADE'S POLICIES?


C. (C) DO THEY HAVE PERSONAL OR FAMILY CONNECTIONS WITH TOP
SERBIAN LEADERSHIP?


D. (C) WHAT ARE THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS AND WHAT IS
THEIR LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT IN POLITICAL PARTIES?


E. (SBU) WHAT ARE THEIR PROFESSIONAL GOALS, HOBBIES, OR
PERSONAL INTERESTS?


F. (SBU) WHAT IS THEIR MARITAL STATUS? HOW MANY CHILDREN,
IF ANY, DO THEY HAVE? HOW OLD ARE THEIR CHILDREN?


G. (SBU) WHAT ARE THEIR EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS?


H. (SBU) WHAT IS THEIR LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE IN THE US OR
WITH THE US? FOR EXAMPLE, DID THEY STUDY IN THE US,
PARTICIPATE IN US TRAINING PROGRAMS, INTERACT WITH US
POLICYMAKER IN PAST POSITIONS?


I. (SBU) HOW DO THEY ACT WHEN TALKING WITH US OFFICIALS? DO
THEY ACT DIFFERENTLY WHEN INTERACTING WITH OTHER
INTERNATIONAL INTERLOCUTORS? ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR
PERSONALITIES WOULD BE APPRECIATED.


2. (U) PLEASE CITE C-RE9-00843 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF
REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS.
CLINTON