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C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 000778 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG, EUR/SCE PAUL PFEUFFER, BRAD EVANS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/15/2019 
TAGS: AORC MO PREL SR SERBIA KV
SUBJECT: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 94939 
 
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Elisabeth Millard for reasons 1. 
4 (b) and (d) 
 
¶1. (C) D/PolCouns delivered on September 16 reftel points to 
Azzeddine Farhane, Moroccan MFA Director for United Nations 
and International Organizations.  Farhane, who will accompany 
Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri to the UNGA, was not 
optimistic that the GOM would meet with the Kosovar 
delegation.  Farhane reiterated Morocco's reluctance to 
recognize Kosovo, stating that recognition could not be 
accorded on the basis of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of 
independence.  He added that this applies to all "frozen 
conflicts." 
 
¶2. (C) Comment. "Frozen conflict" is a euphemism for the 
Western Sahara.  The GOM continues to believe that 
recognition of Kosovo would create pressure for Morocco to 
accept the POLISARIO's unilateral declaration of independence 
for the Western Sahara--a point that Serbian diplomacy in 
Morocco continues to exploit.  The Moroccan news agency MAP 
reported September 14 on a meeting between Fassi Fihri and 
his Serbian counterpart, Vuk Jeremic, in which Fassi Fihri is 
cited as saying Morocco does not acknowledge the Republic of 
Kosovo based on the principle that it cannot acknowledge a 
"province's" unilaterally proclaimed independence.  End 
comment. 
 
 
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