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133601 12/10/2007 16:09 07BUCHAREST1343 Embassy Bucharest CONFIDENTIAL 07STATE162558 VZCZCXRO7992 PP RUEHFL RUEHKW RUEHLA RUEHROV RUEHSR DE RUEHBM #1343 3441609 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 101609Z DEC 07 FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7691 INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY C O N F I D E N T I A L BUCHAREST 001343
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2017 TAGS: KNNP, MNUC, PARM, IR, RO SUBJECT: ROMANIA: "THE NIE CHANGES NOTHING"
REF: STATE 162558
Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Mark A. Taplin; Reasons 1.4(b) a nd (d).
(C) POLMILOFF delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on December 4 to MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Nineta Barbulescu and to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Daniel Tanase. In a follow up conversation following MFA review of the U.S. points, Tanase reported on December 10 that there was nothing in the NIE that would cause Romania to reconsider changing its current strategy in support of the U.S. position, including to continue to press for additional sanctions within the EU and supporting the UNSC sanctions process. TAUBMAN
