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### Viewing cable 08STATE90980, GEORGIA: REBUTTING SPURIOUS RUSSIAN CLAIMS

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08STATE90980 | 2008-08-23 18:06 | 2010-12-01 21:09 | CONFIDENTIAL | Secretary of State

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    O 231803Z AUG 08
    FM SECSTATE WASHDC
    TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 090980

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/22/2028
    TAGS: PREL PGOV KPKO MARR GG RU
    SUBJECT: GEORGIA: REBUTTING SPURIOUS RUSSIAN CLAIMS
    REGARDING THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

    Classified by EUR A/S Daniel Fried; reason: 1.4 (b) and
    (d).

    Ref: Moscow 2522 (NOTAL)

    ¶1. (U) This is an action request for all posts, see end
    of para 2.

    ¶2. (C) Reftel lays out Russian efforts to misinterpret
    the August 12 Georgia ceasefire agreement mediated by
    French President Sarkozy. Among other things, Russia is
    claiming that the ceasefire allows for creation of a
    ?buffer zone? around South Ossetia, gives Russian forces
    unlimited rights to "implement additional security
    measures" in and outside of South Ossetia, and allows
    Russia to "blue helmet" an unlimited number of forces to
    implement these additional security measures. ACTION
    REQUEST: These Russian assertions are blatantly false,
    and posts should strongly rebut them with host country
    officials and media, using the facts laid out in the
    following paragraphs. As the French negotiated these
    documents and are in the lead in ensuring that they are
    being carried out, Posts should not take the initiative
    in deploying these points (i.e. public releases, opeds,
    other press, diplomatic demarches), but rather draw on
    them immediately if/when issues related to Georgia are
    raised by host governments, media, etc., as well as in
    explaining our larger Georgia policies. END ACTION
    REQUEST.

    ¶3. (SBU) Posts should be careful not to openly
    characterize President Sarkozy’s or other French
    positions, but rather provide factual information.

    ¶4. (SBU) Sarkozy made clear in his August 14 letter to
    Georgian President Saakashvili and in supplementary
    paragraphs attached to that letter that "?additional
    security measures" are limited to "patrols" (not a
    ?buffer zone? or even checkpoints) by Russian
    peacekeeping forces that were in South Ossetia prior to
    the outbreak of hostilities on August 7, and that these
    patrols are limited to an area "not further than a few
    kilometers" outside of South Ossetia, excluding other
    parts of Georgia, the city of Gori and other significant
    urban zones, and must not impede freedom of movement on
    major highways and railways.

    ¶5. (SBU) Russia?s actions and statements in recent days
    raises suspicions that it does not intend to respect
    these restrictions on its forces in Georgia, and is in
    fact angling to retain a larger zone of control than
    held prior to the invasion. These actions include
    Russian forces -- not peacekeepers from pre-August 7 --
    digging into positions in and around Poti (200
    kilometers from South Ossetia), north of Gori and other
    locations outside the zone prescribed for patrols;
    Russian military checkpoints impeding movements at the
    port of Poti, near the main East-West highway, and near
    Gori and other urban areas; and continued Russian
    destruction of civilian and military infrastructure.

    ¶6. (U) Posts are encouraged to review the following
    documents: the August 12 ceasefire agreement, the August
    14 letter from Sarkozy to Saakashvili, and the
    supplemental paragraphs attached to the August 14
    letter. All of these documents are now in the public
    domain. These documents are also available at
    www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Crisis_Geor gia .

    ¶7. (U) Begin text of August 12 ceasefire agreement:

    Agreed Protocol

    (1) No resort to force.

    (2) A definitive halt to hostilities.

    (3) Provision of free access for humanitarian
    assistance.

    (4) Georgian military forces must withdraw to the
    places they are usually stationed.

    (5) Russian forces must withdraw to their positions
    prior to the outbreak of hostilities. While awaiting an
    international mechanism, Russian peacekeeping forces
    will implement additional security measures.

    (6) Opening of international discussions on security
    and stability modalities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

    For the European Union,
    The French Presidency

    s/s

    Nicolas Sarkozy

    End text

    ¶8. (U) Begin text of Sarkozy letter to Saakashvili:

    Paris, 14 August 2008

    Mister President:

    Regarding point 5 of the six-point accord to which you ?
    after President Medvedev ? gave your approval 12 August
    during our meeting in Tbilisi, and which states that
    "Russian military forces should withdraw to positions
    prior to the outbreak of hostilities"? and that "while
    waiting for an international mechanism, Russian forces
    will implement additional security measures," I wish to
    share with you the following points for the sake of
    precision:

    -- As I made clear at our joint press conference in
    Tbilisi, these "additional security measures" may only
    be implemented in the immediate proximity of South
    Ossetia to the exclusion of any other part of Georgian
    territory.

    -- More precisely, these "measures"? may only be
    implemented inside a zone of a depth of a few kilometers
    from the administrative limit between South Ossetia and
    the rest of Georgia in a manner such that no significant
    urban zone would be included ? I am thinking in
    particular of the city of Gori. Special arrangements
    must be defined to guarantee the liberty of movement and
    traffic along the length of the major highways and
    railways of Georgia.

    -- These "additional security measures"? will take the
    form of patrols undertaken solely by Russian
    peacekeeping forces at a level authorized by existing
    agreements, with other Russian forces withdrawing to
    their positions prior to 7 August in conformity with the
    agreed protocol;

    -- These "measures" will have a provisional character
    while awaiting the establishment as quickly as possible
    of the ?international mechanism? whose nature and
    mandate are still the subject of discussion by different
    international entities, in particular the OSCE, the
    European Union, and the United Nations.

    Armed with these points of precision, I ask that you
    confirm the agreement that you gave me and that you
    announced publicly in Tbilisi while affixing your
    signature at the bottom of the six-point agreed protocol
    that I had myself signed as a witness and guarantor in
    the name of the European Union. President Medvedev
    yesterday assured me that your signature would lead to
    the withdrawal of Russian forces pursuant to the accord
    concluded.

    I ask that you accept, Mister President, the assurance
    of my highest consideration.

    s/s

    Nicolas Sarkozy

    End text.

    ¶9. (U) Begin text of supplementary paragraphs attached
    to August 14 Sarkozy letter to Saakashvili:

    -- In the letter accompanying the cease-fire document,
    the mentioned territory is defined as in the immediate
    proximity of the zone of conflict, as defined by
    previous agreements, to the exclusion of any other part
    of Georgian territory. Any measure referred to in this
    document shall be implemented within an area not further
    than a few kilometers, around Tskhinvali within the zone
    of conflict.

    -- In no way can these measures limit or jeopardize
    freedom of movement and traffic along the length of the
    major highways and railways of Georgia.

    -- Other aspects of the conflict resolution process will
    be discussed in the near future.

    End text.

    RICE

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