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E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/07/2011 
TAGS: PREL PTER MOPS UNSC LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA ON DRAFT LEBANON UNSCR 
 
REF: STATE 128442 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Catherine Todd Bailey.  Reason: 1.4(D) 
 
(C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points and draft UNSCR to 
Kaspars Ozolins, MFA director of security policy, afternoon 
of August 7, while noting that per press reports, it was 
possible the draft resolution would be amended. 
Nevertheless, our principles remained the same.  Ozolins 
appreciated the briefing, saying it was useful to have the 
U.S. views to "balance" what they hear from Brussels.  He 
strongly agreed that it was critical that any solution avoid 
a return to the status quo ante; allowing Hezbollah to 
reestablish itself in the south would prevent a long term 
solution.  In that regard, it was important, he said, for the 
follow-on international force to be deployed quickly.  He 
asked for more information about the force and any planning 
currently underway.  Asked if Latvia would potentially 
consider participation in a future force, Ozolins underscored 
the fact that current Latvian deployments in Iraq, 
Afghanistan and Kosovo were at the upper limit of Latvia's 
capacity. 
Bailey