US embassy cable - 05VIENNA2035

C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 002035 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA, EUR/ERA - BISHARAT AND EUR/AGS - 
VIKMANIS-KELLER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/17/2015 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, EIND, IZ, AU, EUN 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON DRAFT CONFERENCE STATEMENT 
FOR IRAQ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS 
 
REF: A. (A) STATE 112917 
 
     B. (B) VIENNA 1886 AND PREVIOUS 
     C. (C) STATE 111894 
 
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips.  Reaso 
ns:  1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1.  (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on June 17 
to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant 
secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa. 
 
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2.  (C) Scheide took note of the U.S. position that the Iraq 
conference statement should include the phrase, "including by 
the EU and its member states, the NATO Training Mission in 
Iraq, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates."  He said he 
understood this would be the subject of discussion on June 
17, and he would be present at that meeting.  He said that 
Austria, a non-NATO country, would not be in the position of 
demandeur for the inclusion of a reference to NATO. However, 
Austria would not object to such a reference, and would join 
a consensus in favor of including this language if this 
emerged from the meeting. 
 
3.  (SBU) Septel reports Scheide's description of Austria's 
role at the conference, especially as regards ref (c) 
suggestions for tangible support. 
Brown