US embassy cable - 04BRATISLAVA438

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SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION

Identifier: 04BRATISLAVA438
Wikileaks: View 04BRATISLAVA438 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Bratislava
Created: 2004-04-30 11:49:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PREL KPAL LO UNGA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000438 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, KPAL, LO, UNGA 
SUBJECT: SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION 
 
REF:  STATE 92528 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 
 
ON APRIL 30, POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO OKSANA TOMOVA, 
DIRECTOR OF THE UN SECTION AT THE SLOVAK MFA.  TOMOVA STATED THAT 
THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC IS OPPOSED TO BRINGING THE PALESTINIAN 
    RESOLUTION TO A VOTE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. NOT WITHSTANDING 
THE SIMILAR POSITIONS OF RUSSIA AND LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS, SHE 
BELIEVED THAT THE OBSERVER MISSION OF PALESTINE WOULD BE 
SUCCESSFUL IN INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF THE STRONG 
BACKING FROM ARAB AND MUSLIM NATIONS. THE EU HAS NOT REACHED A 
CONSENSUS ON THIS ISSUE. THE PALESTINIAN DELEGATION WILL LIKELY 
SUBMIT A NEW DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK, BUT IT HAS YET TO 
BE RELEASED. 
WEISER 
 
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