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Viewing cable 08TALLINN72, ESTONIA: RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE AN INDEPENDENT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08TALLINN72 2008-02-22 12:50 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tallinn 
VZCZCXRO4750
OO RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHLN
RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHTL #0072 0531250
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 221250Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0511
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS TALLINN 000072 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
FOR EUR/NB KATHERINE GARRY 
 
E.O. 12958 
TAGS: PREL PGOV RS GG EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA: RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE AN INDEPENDENT 
ABKHAZIA 
 
REF: STATE 14840 
 
ΒΆ1. (SBU) On February 14, Poloff met with Simmu Tiik, 
Director General of the 3rd Political Department (Russia) 
and Toomas Tirs, Georgia Desk Officer, at the Estonian MFA 
to discuss reftel points.  Tiik said, based on recent 
statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, he 
does not think Russia will recognize Abkhazia in the short 
term.  Tiik hypothesized that the GOR might instead 
encourage Abkhazia to declare independence and then Russia 
would take certain steps toward de facto recognition.  In 
fact, Tiik pointed out, Russia already has extended 
diplomatic protocol to Abkhazian officials visiting Moscow 
and applies different border regimes to Abkhazia and the 
rest of Georgia.  Enhancing these existing policies would 
constitute a de facto recognition. 
 
 
PHILLIPS