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Viewing cable 08CAIRO579, EGYPT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08CAIRO579 2008-03-25 13:50 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Cairo 
VZCZCXRO3882
PP RUEHBC RUEHDA RUEHDE RUEHGI RUEHJS RUEHKUK RUEHLH RUEHPW RUEHROV
DE RUEHEG #0579 0851350
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 251350Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY CAIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8635
INFO RUCNISL/ISLAMIC COLLECTIVE
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 0026
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0197
 
UNCLAS CAIRO 000579 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP, NEA/ELA, EUR/SCE 
(BLACK, SHIRATORI) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
SUBJECT: EGYPT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO 
 
REF: A. CAIRO 325 
     ΒΆB. CAIRO 246 
 
Sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 
 
(SBU) In an apparent change from Egypt's previous position 
that it was "waiting and seeing" on whether to recognize 
Kosovo (reftels), it appears that the GOE now firmly opposes 
recognition.  According to local press March 24, Assistant 
Foreign Minister for European Affairs Fatima El Zahra told 
Egyptian parliamentarians that Egypt supports "independent 
rule" for Kosovo (read: autonomy within a greater Serbia) but 
not complete independence.  MFA Spokesman Hossam Zaki 
confirmed to A/DCM on March 24 unequivocally that Egypt will 
not recognize Kosovo.  "We have no plans to recognize 
Kosovo," he said, and "there is no change in our position." 
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