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S E C R E T PARIS 005309 
 
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SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/04/2016 
TAGS: PTER KFTN TU GM FR UK
SUBJECT: PKK IN EUROPE: GOF ON SUSTAINING MOMENTUM 
 
REF: A. ANKARA 4450 
     ¶B. ANKARA 2539 
     ¶C. BERLIN 988 
     ¶D. PARIS 1893 
     ¶E. LONDON 3122 
 
Classified By: DCM KARL HOFMANN FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
¶1. (S) Poloff followed up informally August 4 with MFA Turkey 
Desk Officer Pascal Schuster to discuss potential French 
interest in a trilateral working group concept as 
brainstormed in REF A. 
 
¶2.  (S)  Schuster explained that, to his knowledge, the 
French embassy in Ankara had not yet reported the meeting to 
Paris.  In the absence of such a report, no internal GOF 
discussions of the idea were scheduled or had taken place. 
 
¶3.  (S) Schuster's preliminary response was to defend GoF 
determination and actions to apprehend and prosecute 
individuals and entities with ties to the PKK.  The EU had 
designated the PKK a terrorist organization, he noted, and 
France wholly backed the designation, making action against 
the PKK a priority.  Schuster asked that we give them ample 
time (the MFA is operating at minimum staffing with August 
vacation in full force) to discuss the idea with the MFA's 
Strategic Affairs Bureau and their embassy in Ankara. 
 
¶4.  (S)  At the appropriate time, Shuster continued, and only 
when formally asked by the GOT, the GoF would talk to the GoT 
to consider the advisability of forming such a working group 
in Paris.  Of course, Schuster stressed, the GoF is open in 
principle to any forum which would produce better sharing of 
information and coordination of activities. 
 
¶5. (S) COMMENT: Schuster was very welcoming of any initiative 
that could lead to better information sharing. But for 
maximum effectiveness here, the Turks would need to take the 
lead in getting French buy-in and ownership, which we could 
then support. END COMMENT 
 
 
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm 
 
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