US embassy cable - 05ROME2046

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DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS

Identifier: 05ROME2046
Wikileaks: View 05ROME2046 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Rome
Created: 2005-06-15 14:43:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO
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 ROME 002046 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
DEPT FOR EUR A/S FRIED; EUR/RPM: RATHKE 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2015 
TAGS: PREL, MOPS, MARR, SU, IT, NATO 
SUBJECT: DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS 
 
REF: ROME 1979 
 
Classified By: PolMinCouns Tom Countryman, for Reasons 1.5 (B) (D) 
 
 1. (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to 
Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO 
Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi.  In a June 15 conversation 
with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be 
determined number of Boeing 707s for the  mission.  All 
Italian air sorties to Darfur will be flagged NATO, Brauzzi 
said, while Italy will provide other types of assistance to 
Darfur under EU auspices. 
 
2. (C) Italian officials, including Brauzzi, have stressed 
repeatedly that Italy's numerous overseas military 
commitments have resulted in a shortage of resources 
available for the Darfur mission, particularly in regard to 
transport aircraft such as C-130s. 
 
3. (U) KHARTOUM MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. 
 
SEMBLER 
 
 
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 2005ROME02046 - Classification: CONFIDENTIAL 


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