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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02ROME5939 |
EU COPENHAGEN SUMMIT: GOI STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POLOFF ON DECEMBER 11 EMPHASIZED WITH GIOVANNI RICCIULI, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S OFFICE FOR MEDITERRANEAN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE ISSUES, THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON ALL SIDES TO AGREE TO A CYPRUS SETTLEMENT. RICCIULI UNDERLINED THAT THE GOI SHARED THE [...] |
2002-12-11 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT CY ESDP |
| 03ROME1834 |
ESDP MINI SUMMIT - FRATTINI WILL COME OUT SWINGING [...] (C) SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI WAS AS SURPRISED AS THE USG WITH THE CONTENT OF THE BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE. HE REITERATED STRONG GOI POSITION OUTLINED REF B: THE GOI WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVE THAT WILL UNDER [...] |
2003-04-30 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT NATO ESDP |
| 03ROME2326 |
OPPORTUNITY FOR "UPSTREAM" COORDINATION WITH EU ON [...] (U) SUGGESTED ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) DURING THEIR MAY 20 MEETING (REFTEL A REPORTS BULK OF CONVERSATION), MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI TOLD PDAS RIES THAT FM FRATTINI PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EU'S SUCCESSFUL "RECONSTRUCTING" OF THE GANG OF FOUR SE [...] |
2003-05-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT NATO ESDP |
| 03ROME3382 |
ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ON AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING [...] (C) ON JULY 23, MFA CFSP COORDINATOR AND EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT SANDRO DEBERNARDIN BRIEFED POLOFF ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING DISCUSSED REFTELS. THERE HAD BEEN SOME THOUGHT TO HOLDING THE MEETING AT MINISTERS, LEVEL, AND THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT IS MORE LIKE [...] |
2003-07-24 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU IT NATO ESDP |
| 03ROME3823 |
ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON ESDP; EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY SUPPORTS USG VIEWS ON ESDP AND BERLIN PLUS. ITALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE CALLED THE AUGUST 29 ESDP EXPERTS LEVEL MEETING TO PRE-EMPT A RUMORED "GANG OF FOUR" MEETING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND TO FOCUS ON THE "POSITIVE ASPECTS" OF THE APRIL 29 SUMMIT DECLARATION. TH [...] |
2003-08-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP NATO PARM |
| 03ROME3976 |
ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ITALY SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 1, MFA EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT AND ESDP COORDINATOR SANDRO DE BERNADIN TOLD POLOFF THAT OVERALL, THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY WAS SATISFIED THAT THE "GANG OF FOUR" PROPOSAL FOR AN EU PLANNING OFFICE AT TERVUREN RECEIVED NO SUPPORT FROM THE OTHER EU MEMBERS AND ACCESSION COUNTRIES AT [...] |
2003-09-02 17:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP CFSP |
| 03ROME4021 |
ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - ON BOARD WITH MOST USG [...] (C) Poloff discussed all points ref a with MFA European Correspondent Sandro DeBernadin on September 1. He promised to take them under consideration as he continued to draft Foreign Minister Frattini's briefing papers for the Gymnich, in consultation with appropriate bureaus within the MFA. H [...] |
2003-09-04 17:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP |
| 03ROME4022 |
FRATTINI-STRAW MEETING READOUT [...] (C) Summary: During an August 29 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw agreed on the necessity of a quick finish for the Intergovernmental Conference on the EU constitution, but Straw cautioned that some items in the current draft would need clarification before it w [...] |
2003-09-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT UK EUN ESDP |
| 03ROME4616 |
ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: VIEWS ON FIRST IGC SESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Italian EU Presidency views the results of the Summit for the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on the European Constitution quite positively, and is hopeful that it was the beginning of a process in which European leaders start to see the constitution in terms [...] |
2003-10-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN ESDP |
| 03ROME4907 |
STRUCTURED COOPERATION: NEW VARIATIONS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate President Pera told Ambassador Sembler on October 28 that Italy is discussing with other EU partners a new concept on structured cooperation which would have the IGC at 25 endorse structured cooperation as a concept. It would also delegate to the major European military pow [...] |
2003-10-28 18:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT ESDP EUN NATO |
| 03ROME5008 |
PM'S DIP ADVISORS ON REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. On October 31, Deputy Diplomatic Advisors to the PM, Paolo Dionisi and Francesco Talo, confirmed that Italy will likely approve our request for an extension of its deployment in Iraq. They asked that the Italian role in Iraq security and stabilization be given more public and offi [...] |
2003-11-04 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME5093 |
FM FRATTINI INSISTS IGC SECURITY ARCHITECTURES ARE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian FM Frattini reiterated to Ambassador Sembler that "structured cooperation" would be inclusive (open to all 25 EU members) and implemented in coordination with NATO. He noted that an "encouraging statement" on European security initiatives from Secretary Powell would help [...] |
2003-11-12 06:35:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO |
| 03ROME5179 |
ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY - RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR [...] (C) ESDP: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A POINTS, MFA INTERLOCUTORS REITERATED ITALY'S VIEW EXPRESSED IN REFTEL B AND PREVIOUS; THAT THE CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE IGC DEALING WITH ESDP ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN, NOT MARGINALIZE, THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP. MFA NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVA [...] |
2003-11-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO |
| 03ROME5448 |
ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY INSISTS IGC SECURITY [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 2, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FM FRATTINI ESPECIALLY, WAS "VERY SATISFIED" WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC) "CONCLAVE" HELD IN NAPLES NOVEMBER 28-29. HE UNDERLINED THA [...] |
2003-12-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO |
| 03ROME5540 |
ITALIAN OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U/S FEITH BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary. Senior Italian officials responded positively to U/S Feith's December 9 briefing on the USG strategy for global force repositioning. Important details will need to be worked out and existing legal arrangements may need to be modified but Defense Minister Martino and Prime Minist [...] |
2003-12-11 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO ESDP GLOBAL DEFENSE |
| 07BRUSSELS3513 |
EU SUMMIT AUTHORIZES ESDP MISSION FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) The European Council (summit) in Brussels December 14 endorsed an ESDP Mission for Kosovo, overcoming Dutch and Cypriot reservations. The summit mandated Solana to prepare the mission "in discussion with the responsible authorities in Kosovo and the United Nations." Some contacts see th [...] |
2007-12-17 12:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ESDP KV |
| 08BRUSSELS1370 |
ANTI-PIRACY: UK MISSION TO EU VIEWS ON THE STATE [...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) The UK is deliberately delaying further formal EU consideration of an anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia according to the UK's Deputy Military Representative to the EU Military Committee. Air Commodore Bob Tizard (protect) told USEU on 3 September that the UK had as [...] |
2008-09-04 14:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ESDP MCAP PREL PTER FR UK EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS153 |
GAERC: FOCUSES ON SERBIA COMPROMISE WITH LITTLE [...] Summary: EU FMs engaged in a protracted discussion of Serbia at the January 28 GAERC, resulting in a proposal that Serbia sign an interim political agreement on cooperation with the EU. Ministers, faced with continuing opposition to the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement [...] |
2008-01-30 13:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID ESDP ETRD KVPR SR |
| 08BRUSSELS224 |
DEPLOYMENT OF EU FORCE TO CHAD HANGS IN BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: France is fully committed to deploying the EU military force to Chad/CAR (EUFOR) and appears to have the backing of HiRep Solana, the Slovenian Presidency, and others, according to contacts at the EU and various member state PermReps. But Austria and Sweden are increasingly hesit [...] |
2008-02-08 18:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ESDP CD EUN |
| 08USEUBRUSSELS224 |
DEPLOYMENT OF EU FORCE TO CHAD HANGS IN BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: France is fully committed to deploying the EU military force to Chad/CAR (EUFOR) and appears to have the backing of HiRep Solana, the Slovenian Presidency, and others, according to contacts at the EU and various member state PermReps. But Austria and Sweden are in creasingly hes [...] |
2008-02-08 18:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ESDP CD EUN |