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### Viewing cable 09BRUSSELS1048, JULY GAERC - SWEDISH PRESIDENCY OUTLINES

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 BRUSSELS 001048

    NOFORN
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2019
    TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EUN AF AL BO GG GR HR IC IR
    KN, MK, SI, SO, SW
    SUBJECT: JULY GAERC - SWEDISH PRESIDENCY OUTLINES
    PRIORITIES AND TENDS TO BUSINESS

    Classified By: USEU Pol M-C Christopher Davis for reasons 1.4 (b) and (
    d).

    ¶1.  (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs), meeting in
    Brussels July 27 as the General Affairs and External
    Relations Council (GAERC), received an overview of Swedish
    Presidency priorities for the next six months.  The GAERC
    adopted without discussion numerous decisions, to include
    U.S.-EU negotiations on payment data ("Swift"), and adopting
    a Common Position extending the scope of restrictive measures
    against the DPRK in line with UNSCR 1874.  Discussions in the
    General Affairs Council focused on the work program of the
    Swedish Presidency, the Baltic Sea Strategy, and Iceland's EU
    membership application.  While unanimously deciding to refer
    Iceland's membership application to the European Commission
    for its opinion, the Council reiterated its support for
    Western Balkan EU aspirants.  The External Affairs Council
    devoted its attention to the situation in Somalia, Georgia,
    Iran, Afghanistan-Pakistan, and the Western Balkans. The next
    GAERC will be in September. The press confernc also confirmed
    diffs place in Europe."  Rehn declined to
    commit on thQ timetable for the presentation of the
    CommisQion's opinion, saying the Commission "will ue the
    same methodology as for any other appliQant."  Rehn noted,
    however, that Iceland is aQready a member of the European
    Economic Area (EEA) and Schengen, implying that "the distance
    to the EU" may therefore be shorter.  Iceland already
    completed 22 of 35 EU accession negotiation chapters in order
    to become a member of the EEA, Rehn acknowledged.  To this,
    Swedish FM Bildt added, "It took Sweden a longer time to
    negotiate its membership in the EEA than its membership in
    the EU"

    ¶6.  (SBU) Responding to pressure from some Ministers, the
    Council also sent "a very clear message" to Albania (whose
    application is to be handled when the June election procedure
    has been completed) and the other countries of the Western
    Balkans, reiterating the EU's full support for their
    "European perspective.Rehn stressed, too, that the EU must
    continue to focus on "the need to stabilize and integrate
    more Eastern European countries."

    External Affairs
    ----------------

    ¶7.  (SBU) Chaired by Swedish FM Bildt, the External Affairs
    Council discussed - and issued formal Conclusions related to
    - Somalia, Georgia, and Iran.  Following recommendations from
    HR Solana, Ministers decided to step up EU engagement for
    promoting peace and development in Somalia.  Priority will

    BRUSSELS 00001048  002 OF 003

    reportedly be given to activities that produce quick yet
    sustainable results to promote peace and recovery for the
    Somali people.  Capacity building of public institutions will
    be of particular importance in this context, FM Bildt saying
    that "the EU is looking for every step that could contribute
    to stability."  External Relations Commissioner
    Ferrero-Waldner stressed the importance of incorporating "all
    groups" into any stabilization efforts and noted that pledges
    for UNISOM in the amount of 60 million Euros had been
    obtained at a recent pledging conference.

    ¶8.  (C) High Representative Javier Solana welcomed Norway's
    participation in Operation Atalanta, and added, "We are also
    continuing our mission on the ground."  Solana alluded to a
    mission "for training security forces in Somalia" and how to
    cooperate with the African Union mission there, adding that
    the formal mission will "clarify our agreement on how to
    cooperate."  On July 29, the French pol-mil counselor told
    PolOff that while Member States had not yet agreed on a
    particular course of action to support the Somali security
    sector, he expects the EU to launch an SSR initiative of some
    kind.  France is still looking to &Europeanize8 future
    training efforts for Somali security forces in Djibouti,
    following the recently launched French national effort.
    Paris wants to make sure, however, that any EU action along
    these lines is a truly shared effort, not one where France
    takes on the bulk of the military and financial burden, as in
    Chad.  In addition to the announced EU mission, contacts from
    the French and UK missions say they support EU participation
    in the security sector assessment mission that begins August
    12, in which the U.S. is participating, but that some Member
    States, including the Swedish Presidency, need assurance that
    the assessment mission ties in with UN efforts.

    ¶9.  (SBU) Turning to Georgia, the Council decided to extend
    the mandate of the EU's Monitoring Mission (EUMM) for an
    additional 12 months (until 12 September 2010).  The Council
    adopted joint actions extending both the duration of EUMM and
    the mandate of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the
    Crisis in Georgia.  Responding to a question about whether
    the Council had had an initial debate about inviting non-EU
    members to participate in EUMM, FM Bildt said that the
    emphasis of the day's discussions had been to "convey a
    message of stability and continuity," implying that the issue
    of third-country participation "was not really addressed."

    ¶10.  (C) On Iran, FM Bildt reported the Ministers had "a
    rather thorough discussion over lunch."  While expressing
    satisfaction that "we managed to get release of people
    working for the UK Embassy," Bildt also reported "deep
    concern" about the detention of French citizen Clothilde
    Reiss.  Bildt added, "We expect her immediate release,"  and
    noted that Ministers had expressed deep concern about the
    human rights situation in the country.  Concerning the
    upcoming inauguration of President Ahmadinejad, Bildt said
    that the EU lacked "a definitely clear picture of the
    ceremonies, but would make its views known on the human
    rights situation and French citizen detained."  Swedish
    Presidency contacts told Poloff on July 29 that a consensus
    view on EU participation at the upcoming inauguration did not
    emerge because details surrounding the event remained unclear
    (no formal invitations received to date) and Ministers wanted
    to gauge Iran's response to requests that Reiss be freed from
    detention.

    External Affairs - Other Issues
    -------------------------------

    ¶11.  (U) Concerning Afghanistan-Pakistan, FM Bildt reported
    that the EU and SRAP Holbrooke had sent a very clear message
    to Afghan authorities and candidates for the upcoming
    elections that they expect a credible election.  Bildt said
    that the EU was "preparing for an even more active role" and
    that the post-election period would be critical for the
    future development of Afghanistan.

    ¶12.  (U) Concerning the ongoing name dispute between
    Macedonia and Greece and reports in the Greek press that the
    Greek FM had claimed that accession negotiations could only
    move forward once the dispute was settled, Enlargement
    Commissioner Rehn said that there was "still a realistic
    chance to find a solution to the name issue."  He added that
    the Niemetz-led mediation efforts were moving ahead and
    stressed that the necessarily unanimous decision to open

    BRUSSELS 00001048  003.2 OF 003

    negotiations will depend on Macedonia meeting eight
    benchmarks. Speaking to the Western Balkans more broadly,
    Rehn said that it would be a "busy fall," especially since
    the Commission recently recommended visa-free travel for
    three countries in the region.  He expressed his belief that
    it should be possible to find solutions to bilateral issues
    (referring specifically to the Slovenia-Croatia dispute and
    Macedonia name issues), adding, "We need to tackle the issues
    one by one.  That requires patience and determination, but
    there is no other choice than that."

    Other Business
    --------------

    ¶13.  (U) Following the test of nuclear device by the DPRK in
    May, the Council adopted a Common Position extending the
    scope of restrictive measures against the DPRK in line with
    UNSCR 1874.  Ministers also decided without discussion to
    allow negotiations with the U.S. on payment data ("Swift") to
    begin.

    EU-Macedonia SAA Council
    ------------------------

    ¶14.  (C/NF) Well-placed Council sources tell us the annual
    EU-Macedonia SAA Council was tense. Last-minute procedural
    changes demanded by the Greek Deputy FM nearly derailed
    discussions, and the Macedonian delegation itself took a
    noticeably harder line.  "On orders from Athens," the Greek
    Deputy FM reportedly demanded that all name placards for
    Macedonian representative contain "FYROM" spelled out fully,
    not simply list the name and title of each representative.  A
    number of Council officials successfully impressed upon the
    Greek Deputy FM that changing the placards was not possible
    given the imminent start of the meeting, and that such an
    action would undoubtedly result in the Macedonian delegation
    walking out.  For their part, the Macedonian delegation
    reportedly insisted on a variety of editing changes to
    references to their country, Milososki reportedly telling a
    Council official that the current references to Macedonia in
    EU-internal documents amounted to "ethnic cleansing."
    Ultimately, it took FM Bildt's personal involvement to get
    the Macedonians to back down and allow for the issuance of a
    joint statement upon conclusion of the meeting.

    EU-Belarus Troika
    -----------------

    ¶15.  (SBU) Taking place on July 28, the EU-Belarus Troika
    revealed that while both sides recognize the need to develop
    relations, it also confirmed differences on their
    expectations from one another.  Describing relations as being
    at "a crossroads," External Relations Commissioner
    Ferrero-Waldner made it clear that the EU was ready to
    reengage with Belarus.  Trade, energy and visa facilitation
    were discussed, the latter being of particular interest to
    Belarus FM Martynov.  Characterizing the discussions as
    "frank and open," FM Bildt expressed hope in progress, but
    left Martynov with no doubt (alluding to Georgia's breakaway
    provinces) about "the importance we attach to the principle
    of territorial integrity."  Concerning the Eastern
    Partnership Initiative, Bildt noted that its implementation
    was just in the "start-up phase."

    CHASE
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