US embassy cable - 05VIENNA2400

C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 002400 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/UMB, EUR/SNEC, AND EUR/AGS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/15/2015 
TAGS: OPDC, PARM, PBTS, PHUM, PREL, PGOV, AU, EUN, OSCE 
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA VIEWS RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 
MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSNISTRIA AS KEY 
 
REF: STATE 125824 
 
Classified By: Acting Economic-Political Counselor Phillip R. Nelson 
for reasons 1.5(b) and (d). 
 
1.  (C) On July 7, post conveyed reftel talking points to 
Josef Litschauer, Head of the MFA's CIS Unit.  Acting 
Econ-Pol Counselor met with Litschauer on July 15 to elicit 
GoA views on a multilateral conference.  Litschauer said the 
GoA would support EU participation in such a conference, but 
only if Russia agreed to attend also.  The GoR, in 
Litschauer's opinion, would construe a multilateral 
conference without it as a U.S.-EU attempt to isolate Russia 
from the negotiations.  Litschauer noted that the real 
challenge was how to foster a more constructive approach from 
the GoR.  Litschauer added that the GoA believed the U.S. and 
EU could still persuade Russia to attend a multilateral 
conference. 
Brown