Tim W Hayes  01/16/2009 12:19:56 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Tim W Hayes

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UNCLAS        SOFIA 00016
CXsofia:
    ACTION: POLEC
    INFO:   DCM FAS LEG FCS DAO PAO POLM RSO AID AMB

DISSEMINATION: POLE
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: POLEC:KADAMS-SMITH
DRAFTED: POLEC:KHAWK
CLEARED: NONE

VZCZCSFI674
PP RUEHC RUEHZL
DE RUEHSF #0016 0131415
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 131415Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY SOFIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5691
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY

UNCLAS SOFIA 000016 
 
PASS TO NEA/ELA ALLISON MONZ 
PASS TO EUR/ERA JEFF GIAUQUE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL EU SY BU
SUBJECT: BULGARIA NONCOMMITTAL ON DELAYING THE APPROVAL OF 
THE EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT 
 
REF: STATE 01985 
 
 (SBU) Polec officer delivered above reftel points to the 
MFA's Stanislav Nikolov, Deputy European Correspondent, 
Political Affairs Directorate on January 13. He noted that 
the EU-Syria Association Agreement has not yet been signed, 
and that under the French Presidency the EU wanted to 
"step-up" relations with Syria, but "nothing concrete has 
happened on that front." 
 
McEldowney