Cablegate: Possible Unsc Emergency Session On Georgia And
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OO RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHIK RUEHPOD RUEHVC RUEHYG
DE RUEHBJ #3337 2410934
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 280934Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9599
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 9085
RUEHSI/AMEMBASSY TBILISI PRIORITY 0112
UNCLAS BEIJING 003337
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/UNP - K.G. MOORE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV MARR GG RU CH
SUBJECT: POSSIBLE UNSC EMERGENCY SESSION ON GEORGIA AND
ABKHAZIAN/SOUTH OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION IN UNSC DISCUSSIONS
REF: A. STATE 92371
B. STATE 92325
(U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
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1. (SBU) PolMinCouns on August 28 delivered to MFA
International Organizations Department Deputy Director
General Li Junhua ref A points on rejecting Russia's
recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence and
ref B points on opposing Abkhazian and South Ossetian
participation in UN Security Council meetings on Georgia. Li
made no substantive response but promised to convey the
points immediately to senior MFA officials and to the Chinese
UN Mission in New York.
RANDT