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UNCLAS SOFIA 001076 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EUN PGOV PREL
SUBJECT: GYMNICH DEMARCHE: BULGARIANS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT 
 
REF: SECSTATE 123576 
 
¶1. (SBU) Poloffs presented reftel demarche and non paper to 
Head of MFA office for EU affairs Sergey Tassev on September 
¶4.  Tassev said that Minister for European Affairs 
Grancharova would lead the Bulgarian delegation, as FM Kalfin 
would be in Central Asia at the time of the meeting. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Looking through the non paper, Tassev said the GOB 
was in general agreement with the USG approaches.  Among the 
non paper issues, Kosovo and Russia were the most important 
for Bulgaria, with Energy Security being seen in the context 
of relations with Russia.  He said Iran had not yet been 
placed on the agenda, but he expected it would be.    On 
Kosovo, maintaining EU unanimity was the GOB's main concern. 
He complained that many in the Serbian leadership still had 
the "non-aligned" mentality.  On other issues, Tassev said 
the GOB would like to focus more EU attention on the Black 
Sea area as a bridge to Central Asia.  The Black Sea and 
Central Asia should be considered no less important to Europe 
than the Mediterranean. 
Beyrle