Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09TBILISI451
2009-03-06 14:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tbilisi
Cable title:
GEORGIA: ESTABLISHMENT OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS
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UNCLAS TBILISI 000451
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL RS GG
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: ESTABLISHMENT OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS
SECTION IN TBILISI
UNCLAS TBILISI 000451
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL RS GG
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: ESTABLISHMENT OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS
SECTION IN TBILISI
1. (SBU) On March 5, Georgia and Russia established
interests sections in the Swiss embassies in Moscow and
Tbilisi, respectively. In Tbilisi, Russian diplomats will
continue to operate in the Russian Embassy building they
occupied before the war; however, the building will be under
a Swiss flag. The interests sections, established on March 4
with an exchange of notes between Russian and Swiss diplomats
in Moscow and Georgian and Swiss diplomats in Tbilisi,
confirmed the opening of interests sections in both capital
cities. Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Anita Schluchter
Roth told poloff that Swiss representatives completed the
necessary preparations to implement the agreement following
official visits by Federal Councilor Micheline Calmy-Rey,
head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to Moscow
in mid-December and to Tbilisi in mid-January.
2. (SBU) According to Swiss Ambassador Amberg, the Russian
Interests Section will be headed by the Russian Embassy's
former DCM Andrei Smaga, who he noted has remained in Tbilisi
since the conflict. Amberg cautioned that Swiss diplomats
would have no involvement with activities ongoing within the
Russian Interests Section. In Tbilisi, the Russian Interests
Section will issue visas to travel to Russia only to
Georgians with close family members living in Russia,
Georgians studying in Russia and for several other limited
categories.
TEFFT
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL RS GG
SUBJECT: GEORGIA: ESTABLISHMENT OF RUSSIAN INTERESTS
SECTION IN TBILISI
1. (SBU) On March 5, Georgia and Russia established
interests sections in the Swiss embassies in Moscow and
Tbilisi, respectively. In Tbilisi, Russian diplomats will
continue to operate in the Russian Embassy building they
occupied before the war; however, the building will be under
a Swiss flag. The interests sections, established on March 4
with an exchange of notes between Russian and Swiss diplomats
in Moscow and Georgian and Swiss diplomats in Tbilisi,
confirmed the opening of interests sections in both capital
cities. Swiss Deputy Chief of Mission Dr. Anita Schluchter
Roth told poloff that Swiss representatives completed the
necessary preparations to implement the agreement following
official visits by Federal Councilor Micheline Calmy-Rey,
head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs to Moscow
in mid-December and to Tbilisi in mid-January.
2. (SBU) According to Swiss Ambassador Amberg, the Russian
Interests Section will be headed by the Russian Embassy's
former DCM Andrei Smaga, who he noted has remained in Tbilisi
since the conflict. Amberg cautioned that Swiss diplomats
would have no involvement with activities ongoing within the
Russian Interests Section. In Tbilisi, the Russian Interests
Section will issue visas to travel to Russia only to
Georgians with close family members living in Russia,
Georgians studying in Russia and for several other limited
categories.
TEFFT