Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09USNATO453
2009-10-15 14:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000453
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2019
TAGS: MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PGOV AF MU
SUBJECT: FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE
MINISTERS MAY DISCUSS
Classified By: Deputy PolAd A. "Hoot" Baez. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L USNATO 000453
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2019
TAGS: MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PGOV AF MU
SUBJECT: FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE
MINISTERS MAY DISCUSS
Classified By: Deputy PolAd A. "Hoot" Baez. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C/REL NATO) At the October 14 meeting of the North
Atlantic Council, the Deputy Secretary General noted that the
Senior Resource Board (SRB) had been unable to reach
agreement on common funding to underwrite the short-term use
of British AWACS planes based out of Oman to support NATO's
ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The Deputy Secretary General
noted that one nation had taken the position in the SRB that
for the planes to be eligible for ISAF-related common funding
they would have to be based inside Afghanistan. (Note: The
one country was France, although the Deputy Secretary General
did not name them in the NAC.) Describing the situation in
the SRB as disappointing and worrying, the Deputy Secretary
General said that this effectively overturned the decision
taken on the issue at the June Defense Ministerial. He said
that if the issue was not resolved, he expected NATO
Secretary General Rasmussen to raise this with Defense
Ministers at their October 22-23 meeting in Bratislava.
Canada supported the Deputy Secretary General, noting the
urgency of the need for AWACS over Afghanistan. Canada also
said that the French interpretation of the common funding
requirement made no sense given the determination that the
security situation prevented the AWACS from being based
inside Afghanistan at this time.
2. (C/REL NATO) When the Deputy Secretary opened up the
discussion, presenting the French an opportunity respond,
French PermRep Andreani chose to remain silent.
DAALDER
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/15/2019
TAGS: MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PGOV AF MU
SUBJECT: FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE
MINISTERS MAY DISCUSS
Classified By: Deputy PolAd A. "Hoot" Baez. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C/REL NATO) At the October 14 meeting of the North
Atlantic Council, the Deputy Secretary General noted that the
Senior Resource Board (SRB) had been unable to reach
agreement on common funding to underwrite the short-term use
of British AWACS planes based out of Oman to support NATO's
ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The Deputy Secretary General
noted that one nation had taken the position in the SRB that
for the planes to be eligible for ISAF-related common funding
they would have to be based inside Afghanistan. (Note: The
one country was France, although the Deputy Secretary General
did not name them in the NAC.) Describing the situation in
the SRB as disappointing and worrying, the Deputy Secretary
General said that this effectively overturned the decision
taken on the issue at the June Defense Ministerial. He said
that if the issue was not resolved, he expected NATO
Secretary General Rasmussen to raise this with Defense
Ministers at their October 22-23 meeting in Bratislava.
Canada supported the Deputy Secretary General, noting the
urgency of the need for AWACS over Afghanistan. Canada also
said that the French interpretation of the common funding
requirement made no sense given the determination that the
security situation prevented the AWACS from being based
inside Afghanistan at this time.
2. (C/REL NATO) When the Deputy Secretary opened up the
discussion, presenting the French an opportunity respond,
French PermRep Andreani chose to remain silent.
DAALDER