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84820 11/8/2006 11:23 06VIENNA3268 Embassy Vienna CONFIDENTIAL 06STATE181103 VZCZCXRO3043 OO RUEHAG RUEHROV DE RUEHVI #3268 3121123 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 081123Z NOV 06 FM AMEMBASSY VIENNA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5453 INFO RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHBM/AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST PRIORITY 1384 RUEHCH/AMEMBASSY CHISINAU PRIORITY 0531 RUEHKV/AMEMBASSY KYIV PRIORITY 0004 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW PRIORITY 2125 RUEHVEN/USMISSION USOSCE PRIORITY 3917 RUEHUNV/USMISSION UNVIE VIENNA PRIORITY 0348 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO PRIORITY 0481 C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 003268

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/08/2016 TAGS: PREL, ELTN, EUN, RU, MD, UP, AU SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS

REF: STATE 181103

Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Gregory E. Phillips. Reason: 1. 4 (b) and (d).

1. (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated.

2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is important to the EU that Ukraine uphold its customs agreement with Moldova. He said the EU had also made clear that this would be a key criteria in judging the EU-Ukraine relationship. Porias said the Ukrainian response was that Ukraine would indeed uphold its customs obligations. Porias said Deputy Prime Minister Azarov had made public statements to this effect.

3. (C) Litschauer noted that the Voronin-Putin Commission would hold another round of discussions on November 17. This represented at least a channel for further direct discussion on these issues, he said. Phillips