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2009-06-02 16:12:00
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LAVROV ON ALBANIA AND CROATIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/01/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL RS
SUBJECT: LAVROV ON ALBANIA AND CROATIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP

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for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/01/2019
TAGS: NATO PREL RS
SUBJECT: LAVROV ON ALBANIA AND CROATIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP

Classified By: A/POLAD Hoot Baez
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).


1. (C) On May 27 NATO Secretary General received the
following letter from Russian FM Lavrov in response to his
letter informing the FM of the accession of Albania and
Croatia into NATO.

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Unoffcial translation from Russian

Moscow, "25" May 2009

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

Hereby I acknowledge the receipt of your letter of April 28,
2009 and note that Albania and Croatia have assumed all their
rights and obligations as members of the Alliance, including
those contained in the bilateral documents concluded between
the Russian Federation and NATO: in particular, those
contained in the NATO-Russia Founding Act on Mutual
Relations, Cooperation and Security between the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian
Federation of May 27, 1997 and The Rome Declaration "NATO -
Russia Relations: A New Quality" of May 28, 2002, and will
strictly implement them.

Russia attaches major importance to the principles of
indivisibility of security of all States in the Euroatlantic
region, observation of the commitments under international
law, as well as political guarantees of military restraint
contained in the NATO - Russia Founding Act, which in full
measure apply both to NATO members and the new states that
joined the Alliance.

The Russian side starts from the premise that the
confirmation of political guarantees of military restraint
means the following:

- No nuclear weapons will be deployed on the territory of
Albania and Croatia, no nuclear weapon storage facilities nor
any other infrastructure for these purposes will be
established;
- Albania and Croatia will exercise restraint in relation to
their levels of forces and deployments of conventional armed
forces, abstain from permanent stationing of substantial
combat forces on their territories, both land-based and
air-based;
- Albania and Croatia individually and jointly with other
member-states of the Alliance will rely on those military
capabilities, which are commensurate with their legitimate
requirements in the sphere of security taking into
consideration their obligations under international law;
- The Russian Federation considers that the
states-participants of the NATO-Russia Council in its
enlarged format of twenty-nine states will further seek to
enhance stability in the Euroatlantic region, avoid ensuring
their security to the detriment of the security of other
states, including through further development of measures
preventing potentially dangerous build-up of conventional
forces in certain regions and in Europe in general;
- Albania and Croatia will undertake the necessary steps in
the near future to adhere to the adapted CFE Treaty
immediately after the viability of the Treaty's regime is
restored and in the meantime will act in accordance with the
objectives and principles of the Treaty.

I proceed from the premise, Mr. Secretary General, that the
Alliance agrees with the abovementioned understandings laid
out in my letter.

Sincerely yours,

Sergey Lavrov



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