US embassy cable - 05PARIS1393

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GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA

Identifier: 05PARIS1393
Wikileaks: View 05PARIS1393 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Paris
Created: 2005-03-03 13:44:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: AU SY PREL ECIN LE FR
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.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 001393 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/03/2014 
TAGS: AU, SY, PREL, ECIN, LE, FR 
SUBJECT: GOF WELCOMES POSTPONEMENT OF ASAD VISIT TO VIENNA 
 
REF: A. STATE 36905 (NOTAL) 
 
     B. DAMASCUS 1067 
 
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Josiah Rosenblatt, reasons 
1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
(C) Poloff discussed the proposed U.S.-French demarche to the 
Austrian government on the proposed Asad visit to Vienna (ref 
a) and the subsequent postponement of this visit (ref b) with 
MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Christian Jouret March 3. 
Jouret was already aware of the indefinite postponement, 
which he welcomed as a sign of Syria's increased isolation. 
He added that the Austrian government had been unresponsive 
to President Chirac's earlier appeal to President Schuessel 
to cancel the visit, an invitation which was 
"incomprehensible" in the current context.  Jouret summed up 
that there appeared to be no need for the proposed joint 
approach to the GOA, but stressed that our close cooperation 
on Lebanon should continue. 
Leach 

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