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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUDAPEST 000175 
 
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DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/NCE AND EUR/SCE; PLEASE PASS TO NSC FOR 
ADAM STERLING 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/08/2012 
TAGS: PREL PGOV
SUBJECT: HUNGARIAN REACTION TO LETTER TO ENCOURAGE V-10 
SUPPORT ON KOSOVO 
 
REF: SECSTATE 15235 
 
Classified By: POL/C ERIC V. GAUDIOSI; REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) 
 
¶1.  (C) Post delivered reftel letter at the MFA on the 
margins of Ambassador Foley's meeting with Foreign Minister 
Kinga Goncz February 8. 
 
¶2.  (C) FM Goncz seconded Ambassador Foley's strong 
endorsement of the Ahtisaari plan, describing it as a "good 
basis for engagement."   She emphasized the importance of a 
Security Council Resolution "to Serbia and to the entire 
region" to finalize a settlement.  She took our point re the 
need to move forward now, commenting that "some Serbian 
input" is important.  She agreed that efforts to form a new 
Serbian government would likely stretch out "too long," but 
suggested that the IC consider waiting for Serbian 
parliamentarians to take their seats before moving forward. 
She predicted that this would happen in a matter of days. 
 
¶3.  (C) MFA statements in response to the Ahtisaari plan have 
been extremely cautious, emphasizing the importance of the 
entire region's integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. 
We expect this reflects a careful balancing of concerns over 
stability in Serbia - particularly of the ethnic Hungarian 
minority - with the recognition of Contact Group consensus. 
We do not expect more robust public statements from the GoH, 
but they remain very eager to tailor their private messages 
to Belgrade with our policy following more detailed 
consultations on the Balkans. 
FOLEY