C O N F I D E N T I A L TALLINN 000282 SIPDIS SENSITIVE FOR EUR/NB 
MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ S/ES-O PLEASE PASS WHSR E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/12/2018 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, RS, GG, EN SUBJECT: TFGGO1: Estonian President Ilves 
Issues for Discussion with President Bush Classified by: DCM Karen 
Decker for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d) REF: (A) TALLINN 279 (B) 
Decker-Gilchrist email 

1. (C) Jana Vanaveski, Head of President Ilves 
Foreign Policy Department told Pol/Econ Chief August 15 that President 
Ilves will want to do the following during his discussion with President
Bush this afternoon (note 0715 EST, 1415 local time): -- Give a brief 
summary of his August 12 trip to Georgia with the presidents of Poland, 
Ukraine and Lithuania and the Prime Minister of Latvia; -- Emphasize the
importance of providing humanitarian assistance to Georgia. (Note: 
Estonia has already provided 5.5 tons of medical and other supplies to 
Georgia and announced it will provide USD 1 million in humanitarian 
assistance. End Note.) -- Discuss the impact of events on relations with
Russia and stress that there must be repercussions for Russia?s 
actions. -- Reiterate that Georgia is an important country for Estonia. 

2. (C) On August 14, local media reported that Baltic and Polish leaders
had proposed their own peace plan for Georgia. In contrast to the 
French mediation plan, the Baltic/Polish plan calls for "full support 
for Georgia's territorial integrity." It also highlights the need for 
NATO to offer a Membership Action Plan to Georgia to "prevent similar 
acts of aggression." Vanaveski told Pol/Econ Chief that Estonia fully 
supports the efforts of the French Presidency and emphasized that the 
Baltic/Polish plan is not intended to contradict the French plan. 
Rather, it is meant to supplement France's efforts by highlighting 
additional necessary steps. 

3. (C) Vanaveski also noted that GOE 
officials had been kept busy yesterday and this morning addressing false
claims in Interfax reports that the GOE had sent military 
units/soldiers to provide assistance to Georgia. The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs issued a press statement dated August 14 refuting these claims.
PHILLIPS