Identifier
Created
Classification
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10USNATO54
2010-02-03 17:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Mission USNATO
Cable title:
ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO
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UNCLAS USNATO 000054
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP AORC PREL NATO
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO
MINISTERIAL DATES
REF: SG(2010)0062
UNCLAS USNATO 000054
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP AORC PREL NATO
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO
MINISTERIAL DATES
REF: SG(2010)0062
1. (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4.
2. (SBU) On February 2, Secretary General Rasmussen
identified four tentative dates for possible foreign and/or
defense ministerials this fall to be held in Brussels:
-- Thursday, September 16;
-- Thursday, September 23;
-- Thursday, October 7; and
-- Thursday, October 14.
The Secretary General believes he may need to call meetings
on one or more of these dates to address issues ahead of the
NATO Heads of State and Government Summit which will be held
in November in Lisbon.
3. (SBU) The Secretary General has asked for maximum
flexibility from nations with regard to these dates, arguing
that he will not have clarity on whether or not meetings will
need to be held until closer to the date of the Summit. He
hopes to have a better sense of the schedule by the beginning
of September.
4. (SBU) Action Request: We ask that Washington let us know
immediately if any of these dates will absolutely not work
for Secretaries Clinton and Gates. Assuming they are
available, we ask that holds be placed on the dates.
5. (SBU) Comment: With the last NATO ministerial before the
Lisbon Summit scheduled for June, it is almost certain that
fall ministerials will need to be called in order to resolve
outstanding issues before the Summit. Afghanistan, the
Strategic Concept, Missile Defense and NATO-Russia are just
some of the issues that ministers may need to grapple with if
President Obama and his counterparts are to have a successful
summit. Similar ministerials were held just prior to recent
summits in Bucharest (2008) and Strasbourg-Kehl (2009).
While no final decision has been taken, it is also likely
that the regularly scheduled December Foreign Ministerial
will be canceled this year because it would fall too soon
after the Summit.
HEFFERN
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OVIP AORC PREL NATO
SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE AUTUMN 2010 NATO
MINISTERIAL DATES
REF: SG(2010)0062
1. (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4.
2. (SBU) On February 2, Secretary General Rasmussen
identified four tentative dates for possible foreign and/or
defense ministerials this fall to be held in Brussels:
-- Thursday, September 16;
-- Thursday, September 23;
-- Thursday, October 7; and
-- Thursday, October 14.
The Secretary General believes he may need to call meetings
on one or more of these dates to address issues ahead of the
NATO Heads of State and Government Summit which will be held
in November in Lisbon.
3. (SBU) The Secretary General has asked for maximum
flexibility from nations with regard to these dates, arguing
that he will not have clarity on whether or not meetings will
need to be held until closer to the date of the Summit. He
hopes to have a better sense of the schedule by the beginning
of September.
4. (SBU) Action Request: We ask that Washington let us know
immediately if any of these dates will absolutely not work
for Secretaries Clinton and Gates. Assuming they are
available, we ask that holds be placed on the dates.
5. (SBU) Comment: With the last NATO ministerial before the
Lisbon Summit scheduled for June, it is almost certain that
fall ministerials will need to be called in order to resolve
outstanding issues before the Summit. Afghanistan, the
Strategic Concept, Missile Defense and NATO-Russia are just
some of the issues that ministers may need to grapple with if
President Obama and his counterparts are to have a successful
summit. Similar ministerials were held just prior to recent
summits in Bucharest (2008) and Strasbourg-Kehl (2009).
While no final decision has been taken, it is also likely
that the regularly scheduled December Foreign Ministerial
will be canceled this year because it would fall too soon
after the Summit.
HEFFERN