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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1887 |
ICJ FINDS NO JURISDICTION OVER PAKISTAN-INDIA [...] IN A JUDGMENT ISSUED ON JUNE 21, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) DECIDED THAT THE COURT LACKED JURISDICTION OVER A CLAIM BROUGHT BY PAKISTAN AGAINST INDIA ARISING OUT OF THE ALLEGED DOWNING BY INDIAN FORCES OF A PAKISTANI AIRCRAFT TRAVELING IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE. BY A VOTE OF 14 TO 2 [...] |
2000-06-23 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IN PK ICJ |
| 02ABUJA1636 |
NIGERIA: BAKASSI MAY LEAD TO CONFLICT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tensions between Nigeria and Cameroon are rising in anticipation of the ICJ's ruling on the Bakassi dispute. Many observers expect a ruling before the Court's summer recess begins in July. The Nigerian public is not ready to hear that Bakassi belongs to Cameroon. Elections loom. S [...] |
2002-05-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL MOPS PBTS EPET CM NI ICJ |
| 03KUWAIT861 |
(C) ICJ OIL PLATFORMS CASE [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA has faxed us a dipnote that we are forwarding by fax to NEA/ARP, which states officially that Kuwait was a neutral during the Iran-Iraq war. MFA has also identified a point of contact, former legal adviser and current MFA official with rank of Ambassador, Dr. T [...] |
2003-03-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU ICJ |
| 04ABUDHABI2325 |
UAE SUPPORTS ICJ RULING ON SECURITY BARRIER [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ), reacted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier (reftel) by urging the international community to live up to its responsibilities, and by calling [...] |
2004-07-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ICJ UNGA PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2346 |
ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche during a courtesy call with newly appointed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan SIPDIS on July 13. Al Haidan gave a pessimistic assessment of the peace process and the Middle East Roadmap. He said Israel's planned w [...] |
2004-07-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ICJ UNGA PREL IS TC |
| 04ACCRA1484 |
GHANA ON ICJ OPINION AND ARAB GROUP RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 11:20:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GH ICJ UNGA |
| 04AMMAN1017 |
UPDATE ON JORDAN'S SUBMISSION TO THE ICJ CASE ON [...] (C) MFA Legal Department head Samer Naber told PolCouns and PolOff February 9 that Jordan has not yet decided whether it will make an oral presentation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Israeli security barrier. Nevertheless, it will likely request from the court permission [...] |
2004-02-10 08:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO ICJ |
| 04BRATISLAVA676 |
ICJ ADVISORY OPINION: SLOVAKIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) On June 15, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Oskana Tomova, Director of the UN Office at the Slovak MFA. Tomova stated that Slovakia supports the U.S. position of closely following the roadmap, but was still deliberating their final position. She added that the issue must be consi [...] |
2004-07-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PL LO UNGA ICJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI974 |
DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF COOPERATION COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche 7/15 to Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssef. She went over the points provided in reftel, tracking them by line item, while Youssef listened and took notes. At the end of her presentation, the Ambassador said [...] |
2004-07-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL DJ ICJ |
| 04GUATEMALA1742 |
GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO ICJ ADVISORY ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 22:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS GT ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID2693 |
SPAIN:ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche to Juan Manuel Linares, MFA Deputy DG for UN Affairs, on July 13 and to Alberto Moreno, MFA Deputy DG for Middle East Affairs, on July 14. Both stated that they could not commit to a position on the proposed UNGA resolution, as the EU had not yet decided on a [...] |
2004-07-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MADRID2955 |
SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC AND ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director General of UN Affairs, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares stated that Spain will wait and see what the General Assembly presents to the Security Council before taking a definitive position, adding that, a [...] |
2004-08-03 14:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP ICJ UNGA |
| 04MANAMA1123 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BA ICJ UNGA |
| 04ROME2763 |
ITALY SAYS CURRENT ICJ/SECURITY BARRIER RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Egypt, Israel and the Occupied Territories Luca Sorgi told poloff that Italy found unacceptable a number of paragraphs in the current Arab Group draft resolution calling for UNGA endorsement of the ICJ advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier. He mentioned speci [...] |
2004-07-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS IT UNGA ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE251 |
ICJ: US STATEMENT IN FENCE PROCEEDING SUBMITTED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (U) On January 30, Embassy Legal Officers delivered to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the U.S. written statement in the proceedings concerning the UN General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion as to the "legal consequences of the constru [...] |
2004-01-30 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE290 |
ICJ: 48 STATEMENTS FILED IN FENCE PROCEEDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) received forty-eight written statements by its deadline of January 30 in the advisory opinion proceedings concerning "the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory" (the Fence Case). While the [...] |
2004-02-05 06:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE3294 |
ICJ: COURT DISMISSES NATO BOMBING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 15 dismissed Serbia and Montenegro's (SAM) claims against NATO over the legality of 1999's Operation Allied Force. The unanimous judgment was based on jurisdictional grounds, but seven of the fifteen judges issued a joint decl [...] |
2004-12-17 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE449 |
ICJ: FENCE PROCEEDINGS EXPECTED TO SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23-25, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold hearings on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) request for an Advisory Opinion on the legality of the so-called "Israeli fence" - the controversial structure being built by Israel to serve as a securi [...] |
2004-02-23 05:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AORC ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE504 |
ICJ FENCE PROCEEDINGS WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-27 12:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AFIN AORC ICJ |
| 04THEHAGUE825 |
ICJ - PRESERVATION OF NUREMBURG TRIAL ARCHIVES [...] (U) Summary. The Archives of the Nuremburg International Military Tribunal (NIMT) in the custody of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are facing two preservation threats. First, the obsolete nature of the equipment on which the proceedings were recorded risks this material becoming ina [...] |
2004-03-31 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC PREL AORC ICJ USUN |
| 04WELLINGTON829 |
NEW ZEALAND ENDORSES U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] In response to ref B demarche, the New Zealand government has decided to support the United States' re-election as a Category 1 country to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 2. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) advised post of its [...] |
2004-09-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AORC PREL NZ ICAO ICJ |
| 04ZAGREB1299 |
CROATIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on July 13 to Ranko Vilovic, Head of the United Nations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic responded that there has been no change in the GoC position on the barrier since it abstained from the resolution referring the issue to the ICJ. Vilo [...] |
2004-07-15 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS HR UNGA ICJ |
| 05ANKARA6508 |
ICJ ELECTIONS: TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC UNGA ICJ |
| 06PARIS6655 |
FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: MFA COMMENTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) MFA Djibouti Desk Officer Francois Gautier on October 6 commented on the Borrel case and investigative judge Sophie Clement's recent decision to issue warrants against four Djiboutians for their alleged knowledge of or involvement in the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibo [...] |
2006-10-06 13:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ICJ DJ FR |
| 06THEHAGUE749 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TODD F. BUCHWALD [...] The Hague welcomes and grants country clearance to David J. Gerken, Assistant Legal Adviser for United Nations Affairs, to travel to The Hague, Netherlands, to attend the Colloguium on the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace, The Hague, f [...] |
2006-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ICJ NL |
| 07MANILA2760 |
AIDE MEMOIRE AND DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON PHILIPPINE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-15 01:24:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ICJ UN RP |
| 07PARIS1785 |
DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...] |
2007-05-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR |
| 07PARIS3147 |
DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...] |
2007-07-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR |
| 07PARIS3708 |
RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE [...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...] |
2007-09-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ICJ RW FR |
| 07PARIS3709 |
DJIBOUTI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BORREL CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa Helene Le Gal told us on September 5 that a court in Versailles had issued warrants against Djibouti's chief prosecutor Djama Souleiman and secret service chief Hassan Said, for allegedly suborning the testimony of a witness involved i [...] |
2007-09-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ DJ FR |
| 08AMMAN1486 |
JORDANIAN HORSETRADING DELAYS DECISION ON SUPPORT [...] (C) PolCouns revisited the subject of Ambassador Swing's candidacy for IOM Director General May 14 with Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh, consulting on the spot with the head of the MFA's Bureau of International Organization Affairs, assured Pol [...] |
2008-05-14 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG IOM ICJ JO |
| 08HELSINKI456 |
AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...] |
2008-10-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI |
| 08HELSINKI457 |
FINLAND COMMENTS: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) PolOff and Finland Desk Officer met with Finnish MFA Counselor Tony Paso, Unit for EU Enlargement and West Balkans on October 7. Regarding the Serbian resolution, Paso said that the Government of Finland (GoF) will abstain regardless of the EU position, coinciding with the public position [...] |
2008-10-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA ICJ KV FI |
| 08MANILA315 |
FOREIGN SECRETARY PROMOTES ICJ CANDIDATE [...] (U) Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo hosted a February 4 luncheon in support of the candidacy of Philippine Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague. DCM attended, along with ambassadors from France, Indonesia, Panama, Russia, and [...] |
2008-02-05 07:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IO PREL RP ICJ |
| 08QUITO312 |
ECUADOR TAKES COLOMBIA TO ICJ ON SPRAYING [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador filed suit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague on March 31, seeking a decision by the ICJ that Colombian spraying violated Ecuador's sovereignty and requiring Colombia to refrain from further aerial spraying and pay reparations to Ecuadorians for all [...] |
2008-04-02 18:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PHUM ICJ EC CO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK177 |
NICARAGUAN PR SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR NICARAGUA'S [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Nicaraguan PermRep Chamorro told Amb. Khalilzad on February 25 that Nicaragua welcomes the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) recent decision that it has jurisdiction to hear the maritime and territorial dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia. Asserting that the ICJ had f [...] |
2008-02-25 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ICJ CO NU |
| 08USUNNEWYORK269 |
63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - FRENCH CANDIDATE RONNY [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of France requesting member states' support for the re-election of Ronny Abraham, French candidate to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at elections to be held during the 63rd UNGA. 2. USUN has forwarded copy of French [...] |
2008-03-26 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK339 |
63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - SOMALI REPUBLIC [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Somali Republic requesting support for Dr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, candidate from the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at elections to be held during the 63rd UNGA. 2. [...] |
2008-04-11 21:50:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | SO ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK588 |
63RD UNGA - ICJ ELECTION - REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON [...] USUN has received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon requesting support for Professor Maurice Kamto, candidate for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The Election will take place in the Security Council and General Assembly in October [...] |
2008-07-02 15:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICJ PREL PGOV UNGA |
| 08USUNNEWYORK793 |
REQUEST FOR ICJ ADVISORY OPINION RE INDEPENDENCE [...] The Serbian Mission, August 15, submitted a request for a new item on the agenda of the 63rd General Assembly in order to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo. The letter, and an explanatory memo, have [...] |
2008-09-03 17:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTY UNGA ICJ |
| 09ABUJA284 |
NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to A.A. Adepoju, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Division, on February 12. Adepoju said Nigeria would continue to remain neutral on the issue of Kosovo recognition, noting that there is no unified African position. He explained that the [...] |
2009-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ NI KV |
| 09ACCRA112 |
GHANA RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 12 to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director for International Organizations at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD. Dr. Assan responded that the issue of Kosovo's recognition would be brought to the attention of Ghana's new Fore [...] |
2009-02-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV GH |
| 09AMMAN1968 |
JORDAN CONSIDERING ORAL STATEMENT FOR ICJ ADVISORY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-31 05:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV JO |
| 09AMMAN434 |
JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and points on February 12 to Daifallah Al-Fayez, First Secretary in the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fayez stated that the GOJ was still studying the matter and did not plan to get ahead of the Arab League. When PolOff noted that [...] |
2009-02-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICJ KV JO |
| 09AMMAN831 |
DEMARCHE ON SUBMITTING BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff on April 5 delivered Ref A demarche urging Jordan to submit a brief supporting Kosovo in the case before the International Court of Justice to Mohammed Ensour in the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Ensour asked PolOff to reconcile the U.S. request to do so with our desire that [...] |
2009-04-07 05:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV JO |
| 09ANKARA559 |
TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) MFA Balkans Department Head Ahmet Riza Demirer told us April 14 that MFA still has yet to decide if Turkey will offer any submission (advisory opinion or written statement) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the legality of the manner in which Kosovo declared independenc [...] |
2009-04-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV TU |
| 09ASTANA261 |
KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NOT DEMARCHE [...] (C) In response to reftel, post recommends that we not demarche the Kazakhstani government to recognize Kosovo at this juncture. If not counterproductive, such a demarche would certainly be futile, and viewed by the Kazakhstanis as inconsistent with our demarches urging that they not recogniz [...] |
2009-02-13 06:11:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC ICJ KV KZ |
| 09ATHENS523 |
GREECE -- ENLARGING WITH STATES ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV GR |
| 09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN31 |
BRUNEI STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ KVIR AORC BX |
| 09BEIJING2536 |
SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...] |
2009-09-03 23:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ |
| 09BEIJING379 |
CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) China's position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged, MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Division Director Tian Yishu told PolOff February 13 in response to reftel points urging recognition of Kosovo. China was aware of the upcoming anniversary of Kosovo's declar [...] |
2009-02-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC ICJ CH YI UN KV |
| 09BEIJING869 |
CHINA STILL EXAMINING KOSOVO BRIEF QUESTION [...] (U) China was researching the question of filing a brief with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the question of Kosovo independence, MFA Treaty and Law Department Public and International Law Division Attache Li Bingzhuo told PolOff April 1. Li was responding to reftel points, prese [...] |
2009-04-01 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV |
| 09BEIRUT359 |
LEBANON: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ON IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stephane Jaquemet on March 25, who described the current condition of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Jaquemet reported that he hoped to work with the Government of Lebanon (GOL) to amend its immigration l [...] |
2009-03-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF LE SY SU IR ICJ |
| 09BERLIN1144 |
GERMANY TO SPEAK AT ICJ IN DECEMBER, PRESSES [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on September 8 MFA Balkans Deputy Director Marc Bogdahn confirmed that Germany will present oral arguments at the ICJ in December. However, Germany has not encouraged -- and has no plans to encourage -- other countries to do so. Though Germany had previousl [...] |
2009-09-17 06:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV GM |
| 09BERN139 |
SWISS PLAN TO FILE BRIEF WITH ICJ IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the message in ref A on March 30 with Didier Chassot, Regional Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Chassot informed poloff that Switzerland plans to file a brief with the ICJ "making a broad case" in support of Kosovo [...] |
2009-03-30 16:00:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV SZ |
| 09BERN381 |
SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ORAL STATEMENTS FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on September 3 to Didier Chassot, Regional Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Chassot noted that Switzerland was still considering whether to deliver an oral statement supporting Kosovo at t [...] |
2009-09-11 09:29:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SZ |
| 09BOGOTA1103 |
EMBASSY BOGOTA RESPONSE - ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] Post delivered all points in reftel on March 27 to the MFA Director for the U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. On March 30, and again on April 2, post followed up with her office to solicit the GOC's response. Adriana Maldonada, from the U.S. and Canadian Affairs Office, told us our d [...] |
2009-04-02 18:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV CO |
| 09BRUSSELS1249 |
BELGIUM WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENTS ON [...] (C) On September 8, Poloff met with Luc Liebaut, Director of the Department of South-East Europe in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Liebaut said that Belgium will not participate in oral arguments on Kosovo's declaration of independence in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Liebaut sa [...] |
2009-09-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV BE |
| 09BUCHAREST91 |
ROMANIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION: NO CHANGE TO POLICY [...] (SBU) POLOFF raised ref a points on February 12, urging Romania to recognize Kosovo with Irina Zidaru, the new MFA Director General for Western Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia (NOTE: POLOFF did not/not raise ICJ issue per instructions in Para 2 of ref a. END NOTE). Zidaru confirmed that Ro [...] |
2009-02-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV RO |
| 09BUDAPEST249 |
HUNGARY UNLIKELY TO SUBMIT ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC SR KV HU ICJ |
| 09BUENOSAIRES441 |
ARGENTINA WILL FILE ICJ BRIEF SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Director for Policy Coordination Rafael Grossi confirmed April 14 to Poloff that Argentina will submit a legal brief to the ICJ that is generally supportive of the Serbian challenge to Kosovo's independence declaration. Grossi was not able to share details of the Argentine [...] |
2009-04-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ AR KV |
| 09CHISINAU121 |
KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE REPLY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV MD |
| 09COLOMBO367 |
MALDIVES TO SUBMIT A KOSOVO BRIEF TO ICJ [...] (SBU) Ambassador communicated ref A points to Maldives Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed on March 27. Embassy Colombo notes that the letter from Secretary Clinton thanking Maldives for its recognition of Kosovo (ref B) has helped greatly to sustain Maldives' support for Kosovo independence. Se [...] |
2009-03-31 11:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PQL AORC ICJ KV MV CE |
| 09COPENHAGEN379 |
(SBU) KOSOVO: DENMARK WILL PARTICIPATE IN ICJ [...] (SBU) Denmark will participate in the ICJ oral hearings on Kosovo. MFA confirmed this in response to reftel demarche. FULTON [...] |
2009-09-03 06:34:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV DA |
| 09DARESSALAAM104 |
KOSOVO RECOGNITION: TANZANIA REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 10:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV TZ |
| 09DHAKA157 |
BANGLADESH STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-12 09:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KVIR BG |
| 09DHAKA314 |
BANGLADESH RESPONSE ON ICJ KOSOVO DELIBERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 10:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV BG |
| 09DUBLIN357 |
ICJ HEARINGS ON KOSOVO: IRELAND RELUCTANT TO [...] (SBU) On September 9, Poloff spoke about the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on Kosovo with James Hennessy and Marianne Bolger of the Western Europe and Western Balkans Section of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Deputy Director Hennessy said that Ireland remains a s [...] |
2009-09-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV EI |
| 09DUSHANBE185 |
KOSOVO RECOGNITION - NO TAJIK POSITION [...] (C) Pol/Econ Officer discussed reftel demarche with Jamaluddin Ubaidulloev, Second Secretary of the Department of European and North American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Higher ranking officials were unavailable because they were traveling with President Rahmon to Europe. Ubai [...] |
2009-02-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV TI |
| 09GABORONE122 |
BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Shimane Kelaotswe, Assistant Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kelatotswe said that Botswana has still not recognized Kosovo and was not likely to do so at this time. He [...] |
2009-02-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV BC |
| 09GEORGETOWN247 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV |
| 09GUATEMALA130 |
ENGAGING STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV GT |
| 09GUATEMALA301 |
ENGAGING WITH STATES ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (U) Pol/Econ Counselor made reftel demarche March 31 to Julio Martini, Director General for Multilateral Affairs of the Guatemalan MFA. Martini said he understood that Guatemala would not file a brief with the ICJ on Kosovo, but noted that Vice Foreign Minister Lars Pira, who has the MFA lea [...] |
2009-03-31 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV GT |
| 09HELSINKI132 |
FINLAND: BRIEF ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) On April 3, PolOff met with Sari Makela, Finnish MFA Legal Counselor and Tony Paso, Counselor, Unit for EU Enlargement and Western Balkans (Kosovo & Serbia). Makela said that the Government of Finland (GoF) intends to submit a brief to the ICJ by April 17. She stated that the main legal [...] |
2009-04-06 08:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV FI |
| 09HELSINKI338 |
NO DECISION ON ORAL STATEMENT AT ICJ REGARDING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC FI ICJ KV PREL |
| 09JAKARTA249 |
KOSOVO -- BRIEFING INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has brieed GOI officials re Kosovo using latest points. Kosovo is a sensitive issue for Indonesia given its history of separatist movements and GOI interlocutors reiterated Indonesia's firm opposition to territorial separation in principle. In view of this, Mission advi [...] |
2009-02-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ KV ID |
| 09KATHMANDU134 |
NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on February 11, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya said that the Government of Nepal (GON) has yet to decide if it would recognize the independence of Kosovo. Acharya acknowledged that the GON understood the U.S. interest in Ko [...] |
2009-02-20 08:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV NP |
| 09KINGSTON117 |
JAMAICA: [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 20:13:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON118 |
JAMAICA: UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-13 20:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL |
| 09KINGSTON260 |
JAMAICA: NOT TO FILE BRIEF WITH ICJ [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-03 19:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV JM XL |
| 09KINSHASA142 |
DRC RESPONSE: ENGAGING STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-12 08:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV CG |
| 09KINSHASA311 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ CG KV |
| 09LAPAZ497 |
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE NOT DELIVERED [...] Post believes that delivering reftel would be counterproductive at this time per reftel instructions. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Administration. See reftels for additiona [...] |
2009-03-31 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KVBL BL |
| 09LJUBLJANA272 |
SLOVENIA: FM ZBOGAR SAYS NO ORAL ARGUMENT FOR [...] (C) Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar told EUR/SCE PDAS Stu Jones on August 30 that Slovenia would not provide oral arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Kosovo's independence (reftel). Jones urged Zbogar to reconsider Slovenia's position. 2. (C) Comment: T [...] |
2009-09-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICJ AORC KV SI |
| 09LUSAKA105 |
ZAMBIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the decision of whether or not to recognize Kosovo is still "under consideration" by the Zambian Government (GRZ), imminent action is unlikely. In a February 12 meeting, Foreign Ministry senior officials expressed concerns about the legal precedence that Kosovo recogni [...] |
2009-02-18 11:23:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV ZA |
| 09LUXEMBOURG90 |
LUXEMBOURG TO SUBMIT BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV LU |
| 09MADRID150 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MADRID153 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MADRID156 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MADRID157 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MADRID159 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MADRID160 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MADRID163 |
SPAIN ON KOSOVO: TRAPPED IN ITS OWN RHETORIC [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires met February 12 with Spanish MFA DG for non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. Fernandez de la Pena (who served as Ambassador to Croatia and Slovenia) explained at length Spain's position on Kosovo. As the Spanish always do, he stressed tha [...] |
2009-02-13 18:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SP |
| 09MANAMA200 |
BAHRAIN: NO PLANS TO FILE ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Post made ref A points to Hussein Alam of the MFA Bilateral Relations directorate on April 1. Alam confirmed in a follow-up conversation on April 2 that Bahrain's position on Kosovo had not changed from ref B, which reported that the GOB would coordinate with others in the region on recog [...] |
2009-04-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV BA |
| 09MANAMA97 |
BAHRAIN WILL FOLLOW SAUDIS' LEAD ON KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA Bilateral Relations Director Dhafer Al Umran told CDA on February 17 that Bahrain would coordinate with others in the region on recognizing Kosovo's independence. He reiterated that message with A/DCM on February 18, gesturing over his shoulder towards Saudi Arabia. 2. (C) Comment: [...] |
2009-02-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV BA |
| 09MEXICO459 |
MEXICO ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] Deputy PolCouns approached Julian Juarez Cardenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Ministry, to urge Mexico to consider recognizing Kosovo. Juarez responded that Mexico's position on Kosovo had not changed. Mexico assigned great importance [...] |
2009-02-20 00:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV MX |
| 09NASSAU231 |
BAHAMAS STILL NOT INTERESTED IN KOSOVO ICJ CASE [...] (C/NF) Mission delivered reftel demarche points on filing an advisory opinion to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) supporting Kosovo's independence to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. Ms. Zonicle took note but made no subst [...] |
2009-04-15 21:44:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KVIR BF ICJ |
| 09NEWDELHI291 |
ENGAGING STATES IN KOSOVO RECOGNITION: INDIA [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-17 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI631 |
ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Director (Central Europe) Mr. Sevala Naik. Naik indicated that India has not yet decided whether it will file a brief with the International Court of Justice regarding the advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. He rel [...] |
2009-04-01 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PGOV PREL ICJ KVIR IN |
| 09NIAMEY110 |
NIGER-BURKINA FASO CONCUR ON TERMS OF REFERRAL OF BORDER [...] On February 23-24, Government of Niger (GON) and Government of Burkina Faso foreign ministers, experts, local authorities, and community leaders met in Niamey to finalize the "Projet de Compromis Commun de Saisine de la Haute Cour de Justice" (Joint Consensus Project for Referral to the Intern [...] |
2009-02-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS ECIN PGOV SOCI ICJ UV NG BN |
| 09OSLO538 |
NORWAY'S RESPONSE: SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Fife told PolOff September 2 that Norway submitted its request on July 13 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make an oral statement on Kosovo in December 2009. He added that representatives from the legal offices of the UK, Germany, France, an [...] |
2009-09-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICJ KV PREL NO |
| 09OTTAWA256 |
NO ICJ BRIEF FROM CANADA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for Europe Robert Hage confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 31 that Canada had decided against filing a brief with the International Court of Justice in support of Kosovo (reftel). He commented that lingering sens [...] |
2009-03-31 19:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICJ KV CA |
| 09PARIS217 |
FRENCH FEEDBACK ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-12 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV FR |
| 09PHNOMPENH232 |
CAMBODIA: NO PLANS TO FILE BRIEF ON ICJ ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered Ref A talking points April 2 to Tuy Ri, Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In previous conversations regarding Kosovo's independence declaration, Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials hav [...] |
2009-04-07 09:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ KV CB |
| 09PHNOMPENH98 |
CAMBODIA REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Acting DCM called on Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary of State Ouch Borith Feb. 12 and reviewed Ref A talking points in detail. Ouch Borith reiterated an earlier MFA statement that Kosovo is a sensitive issue which they are studying carefully (Ref B). He went on to questi [...] |
2009-02-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICJ CB |
| 09PORTLOUIS55 |
MAURITIUS NO ON KOSOVO REMAINS LINKED TO CHAGOS [...] (U) On February 12, POLOFF made ref A points to Brinda Trilok, U.S. Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interestingly enough, Ms. Trilok was just rotated back into the position after working on Eastern European issues, including Kosovo, for several months. While acknowledging the [...] |
2009-02-17 04:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ UNGA MP |
| 09QUITO208 |
ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In light of recent bilateral tensions over the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats (Ref B), Post did not deliver the demarche on Kosovo until March 23, when PolOff conveyed Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez. Villagomez reiterated the GOE's pos [...] |
2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ UN KV EC |
| 09RIGA190 |
LATVIA WILL NOT FILE ICJ BRIEF ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV LG |
| 09RIYADH1173 |
DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SAUDI ARABIA PLANS TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with MFA Director of Western Affairs Dr. Raed Krimly on September 9 regarding Saudi Arabia's plans to participate in the ICJ's oral hearings on Kosovo (reftel). Krimly said that the Saudis would be "pleased to participate." He added that their Ambassador in The Hague was [...] |
2009-09-09 10:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ SA KV |
| 09SANAA554 |
ICJ ADVISORY OPINION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 14:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV YM |
| 09SANJOSE264 |
COSTA RICA TO CONSIDER KOSOVO LEGAL BRIEF TO ICJ [...] (U) On March 31, we delivered Ref A demarche to Randolf Coto, head of the MFA's Office of International Organizations. Coto told us that the MFA developed a document outlining its support of Kosovar independence when the GOCR recognized Kosovo (Ref B). However, the MFA had not given any thou [...] |
2009-04-02 23:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV CS |
| 09SANSALVADOR135 |
EL SALVADOR: NEAR-TERM KOSOVO RECOGNITION UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-11 21:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ES KV ICJ |
| 09SANTIAGO125 |
KOSOVO DEMARCHE TO CHILE WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV CI |
| 09SANTODOMINGO287 |
KOSOVO RECOGNITION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on Kosovo to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. Post is considering the best means to elevate this issue, and we will report on subsequent efforts to encourage [...] |
2009-03-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV DR |
| 09SOFIA139 |
BULGARIA UNLIKELY TO SUBMIT BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV SR BU |
| 09STATE90199 |
SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for action addressee posts that have recognized Kosovo. See paragraph 2. ACTION REQUEST AND OBJECTIVES --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (SBU) Embassies are requested to urge host governments to formally register with the Internati [...] |
2009-08-28 20:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV |
| 09TALLINN102 |
ESTONIA: YES ON KOSOVO IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance and the Bank of Estonia confirmed Estonia will vote yes on Kosovo's application for World Bank and IMF membership, as requested reftel. DECKER [...] |
2009-04-15 09:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV EN |
| 09TALLINN82 |
ESTONIA PLANS TO SUBMIT BRIEF ON KOSOVO TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) On March 30, in response to reftel request, Tonis Idarand, MFA Director for Central Europe and the Balkans told Pol/Econ Chief that MFA's legal Department is in the process of drafting a written statement to the ICJ in support of Kosovo [...] |
2009-03-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ KV EN |
| 09TASHKENT183 |
UZBEKISTAN: ENGAGING STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Post advises against an additional demarche to the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) urging it to recognize Kosovo at this time. Despite multiple demarches over the past year, the GOU has refused to recognize Kosovo and we do not believe it is likely to do so in the near future. The Ministry [...] |
2009-02-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KV ICJ UZ |
| 09TBILISI723 |
GEORGIA: FOREIGN MINISTRY TO FILE A BRIEF WITH ICJ [...] (SBU) Georgian MFA Legal Department Director Irakli Giviashvili called in the DCM April 13 to inform us that Georgia planned to submit a brief to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) arguig against the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. Giviashvili said First Deputy Minis [...] |
2009-04-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON EFIN GG PREL ICJ |
| 09TBILISI752 |
GEORGIA REVERSES DECISION TO FILE ICJ CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Following up the discussion on 14 April between the Secretary and Minister of Foreign Affairs Grigol Vashadze in Washington, the Ambassador was informed on 16 April by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Nalbandov of Georgia's decision not to submit a brief to the International Court of Jus [...] |
2009-04-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON EFIN PREL ICJ GG |
| 09TEGUCIGALPA99 |
COURTESY VISIT WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Patricia Rodas, February 11. Discussion centered on upcoming Summit of Americas and the OAS General Assembly as well as President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's upcoming trip to the Washington and Denver. [...] |
2009-02-13 21:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KSUM KDEM AORC ICJ KV |
| 09TOKYO744 |
JAPAN LEANING TOWARD SUBMITTING KOSOVO ICJ [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered reftel demarche on engaging states on an ICJ opinion regarding Kosovo's independence to MOFA Central and South Eastern Europe Division Principal Deputy Director Yuichi Oba on April  [...] |
2009-04-02 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ JA KV |
| 09TUNIS83 |
TUNISIA: NO DECISION YET ON KOVOSO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche at a February 10 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri. Khemiri, who was joined by Special Assistant to the Minister Mehrez Ben Rouma, was visibly uncomfortable in discussing the topic. He offered no substantive reply, other than to confirm tha [...] |
2009-02-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV TS |
| 09USUNNEWYORK208 |
KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...] |
2009-03-04 22:37:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV |
| 09VIENNA1152 |
AUSTRIA UNDECIDED ON ORAL STATEMENT BEFORE ICJ ON [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-10 12:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV AU |
| 09VIENNA1480 |
AUSTRIA TO MAKE ORAL PRESENTATION AT KOSOVO ICJ [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KV AU |
| 09WARSAW368 |
POLAND TO FILE ICJ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has given the political-level green light to the MFA Legal Department to proceed with a "written statement" to the International Court of Justice supporting independence for Kosovo. According to the MFA's Marek Madej, who was involved in drafting the do [...] |
2009-04-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KV PL |
| 09WARSAW896 |
POLAND UNDECIDED ON WHETHER TO FILE ORAL ICJ BRIEF [...] (C) Polish MFA is divided on the issue of filing an oral ICJ brief in support of Kosovo. Legal Department advisors are arguing in favor of the U.S. position, while the Central and South Europe and Eastern Departments want to take relations with regional partners such as Serbia and Russia int [...] |
2009-09-02 19:34:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ KVIR PL |
| 09ZAGREB543 |
CROATIA TO SUBMIT ORAL BRIEF ON KOSOVO AT ICJ [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) Following up on FM Jandrokovic's September 1 comments to EUR DAS Jones (septel) that Croatia is inclined to provide an oral briefing at the ICJ on Kosovo's independence, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points to Amb. Davor Vidis, MFA Director [...] |
2009-09-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL ICJ HR KV |
| 09ZAGREB545 |
CROATIA PREFERS JOINT BULGARIAN/HUNGARIAN/CROATIAN [...] (SBU) While reftel reports that Croatia was inclined to provide an oral briefing at the ICJ on Kosovo's independence, MFA State Secretary Davor Bozinovic informed charge this morning that Croatia would now prefer to undertake this oral argument jointly with Bulgaria and Hungary. Bozinovic ex [...] |
2009-09-04 08:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC HR PREL ICJ KV |
| 09ZAGREB551 |
EUR DAS JONES' DISCUSSIONS IN ZAGREB ON BOSNIA, [...] (SBU) Croatian officials told EUR DAS Stu Jones on September 1 of their concern about political developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but pledged that Croatia would continue to play a constructive, and relatively hands-off, role there. The Croats also noted continued strains in their relationsh [...] |
2009-09-10 07:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON HR BK SR ICJ |
| 09ZAGREB572 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SLOVENIA, BOSNIA, KOSOVO, [...] (C) The Ambassador paid his initial call on FM Gordan Jandrokovic late in the afternoon on September 14. Most of the hour-long meeting was spent discussing the recent agreement with Slovenia to get EU accession talks going again and to reach an agreement on an arbitration process for the disp [...] |
2009-09-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI ICTY ICJ |
| 09ZAGREB581 |
MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR [...] (C) Summary: During a September 18 introductory courtesy call, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor welcomed Ambassador Foley to Croatia, noting that bilateral relations were excellent and expressing thanks for U.S. support on Croatia's NATO accession and recent negotiations with Slovenia over a lo [...] |
2009-09-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI ICTY ICJ |