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Viewing cable 06RIGA690, LATVIA IN TUNE WITH BASIC PRINCIPLES ON KOSOVO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06RIGA690 2006-08-29 05:57 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Riga
VZCZCXRO3599
RR RUEHDBU RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR
DE RUEHRA #0690 2410557
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 290557Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY RIGA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3280
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000690 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/29/2011 
TAGS: PREL MOPS UNSC YI LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA IN TUNE WITH BASIC PRINCIPLES ON KOSOVO 
 
REF: STATE 136492 
 
Classified By: Charge d'affaires a.i. Phillip L. Antweiler. Reason: 1.4 
 (d) 
 
1. (C) Pol/econ chief drew from reftel points to brief 
Latvian PolDir Ilgvars Klava on our current thinking on 
Kosovo August 28.  Klava said that Latvia was fully in 
agreement with the basic principles outlined by the USG and 
strongly supported Ahtisaari's mission.  He underscored that 
Kosovo needs a long-term and lasting resolution to status 
that contributes to regional stability, otherwise it could 
"blow up in our face."  While he did not expressly say that 
Latvia supported independence for Kosovo, Klava noted that 
Serbia would "come out on the short end ) no matter what 
dreams may still exist in Belgrade" and underscored that 
return to rule by Belgrade was unacceptable and unworkable. 
He acknowledged that the EU had a special role in "easing 
Belgrade's pain" but said that the continuing debate in the 
EU on enlargement made it difficult to convey a message 
easily understood by the Serbian public.  He also stressed 
that Latvia would like to get to a point where KFOR could be 
reduced and soldiers there used for other missions, but was 
clear that this required a viable status outcome.  Latvia is 
trying to play a constructive role in developing the EU's 
rule of law mission, providing a police expert to help with 
planning, he said. 
 
2. (C) Klava made two points regarding Russian views on 
Kosovo.  First, he rejected the idea that any outcome for 
Kosovo be implemented in a staged manner if that would 
contain mechanisms whereby Russia could block progress to the 
next stage (i.e. regular review by the UNSC and requiring new 
UNSCRs, which Russia could veto, to move to the next step). 
Second, he was clear that Kosovo was not the same as the 
frozen conflicts in Georgia, Moldova and elsewhere and that 
it was vital that we "hit back" every time the Russians 
suggested either that Kosovo was a precedent for resolving 
these other conflicts or that there was any linkage between 
resolving Kosovo and these other issues. 
Antweiler