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C O N F I D E N T I A L CANBERRA 000428 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2019 
TAGS: EFIN PREL KV AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA LIKELY TO BACK KOSOVO FOR IMF/WORLD BANK 
BUT WON'T LOBBY OTHERS 
 
REF: A. A. STATE 33629 
     ¶B. B. STATE 41665 
 
Classified By: Deputy Political Counselor: John W. Crowley, for reasons 
 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
 ¶1. (C) Summary: Australia likely will vote in favor of 
Kosovo's membership in the IMF/World Bank. In order to avoid 
the curtailment of the vote by the lack of a quorum, 
Australia will urge the 13 other nations in its IMF 
constituency to vote; however, they do not feel that advocacy 
on behalf of Kosovo is appropriate. End summary 
 
¶2. (C) Australia is likely to back Kosovo membership in 
IMF/World Bank, according to working levels in the Department 
of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) and the Department of the Treasury. 
 The officials confirmed to us April 28 they had submitted 
positive recommendations on Kosovo's membership in the 
IMF/World Bank to their ministers and were reasonably 
confident the GOA would vote in favor of Kosovo's membership. 
 
 
¶3. (C) Sean Singh, Director of the Southern European Section 
at DFAT, told Poloff that Australia's vote for the inclusion 
of Kosovo in the IMF/World Bank would be consistent with its 
early recognition of Kosovo itself (February 14, 2008). He 
stressed, however, the GOA does not feel that it should 
conduct outreach or act as an advocate for Kosovo as this is 
a role more appropriate for others. 
 
¶4. (C) Mike Kooymans, Manager of the International Monetary 
Fund Unit at the Department of Treasury, said that his 
department would instruct its IMF constituency representative 
to urge the 13 other constituent members to vote, but that 
the representative would not attempt to influence the outcome 
of that vote. The 14 member constituency is now headed by the 
South Korea and includes Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, 
Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mongolia, 
the Philippines, the Republic of Palau, the Solomon Islands, 
the Seychelles, Vanuatu, and Samoa. 
 
CLUNE