Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09VIENNA53
2009-01-14 15:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA DOES NOT FORESEE APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 000053
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ELA (MONZ) AND EUR/ERA (GIAUQUE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2019
TAGS: PREL EU SY AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA DOES NOT FORESEE APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA
AGREEMENT IN NEAR TERM
REF: STATE 1985
Classified by: Economic-Political Counselor J. Dean Yap for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Polchief discussed reftel points January 14 with Wolfgang
Lapuh, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa.
Lapuh agreed that the Syrian government (SARG) had "made
promises but not done anything" to improve its standing with
the EU. He said he does not expect the EU-Syria Association
Agreement to be on the agenda for the January 26-27 GAERC,
and does not foresee the EU taking any action on the
Agreement unless the SARG changes its behavior. The decision
to update and re-initial the Agreement was intended to make
clear to the SARG that certain steps, such as naming an
Ambassador to Lebanon and demarcating the Syria-Lebanon
border, would be rewarded by the EU. Until the SARG follows
through on its commitments, however, the EU has no intention
of changing its stance, he said.
GIRARD-DICARLO
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/ELA (MONZ) AND EUR/ERA (GIAUQUE)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/14/2019
TAGS: PREL EU SY AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA DOES NOT FORESEE APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA
AGREEMENT IN NEAR TERM
REF: STATE 1985
Classified by: Economic-Political Counselor J. Dean Yap for
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Polchief discussed reftel points January 14 with Wolfgang
Lapuh, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East and Africa.
Lapuh agreed that the Syrian government (SARG) had "made
promises but not done anything" to improve its standing with
the EU. He said he does not expect the EU-Syria Association
Agreement to be on the agenda for the January 26-27 GAERC,
and does not foresee the EU taking any action on the
Agreement unless the SARG changes its behavior. The decision
to update and re-initial the Agreement was intended to make
clear to the SARG that certain steps, such as naming an
Ambassador to Lebanon and demarcating the Syria-Lebanon
border, would be rewarded by the EU. Until the SARG follows
through on its commitments, however, the EU has no intention
of changing its stance, he said.
GIRARD-DICARLO