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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI722 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI722 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-03-15 07:00:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | EAID PGOV PREL AF TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 03/15/2007 03:06:21 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM March 15, 2004
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 722 - PRIORITY)
TAGS: EAID, PGOV, PREL
Captions: None
Subject: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - UAE THOUGHTS
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 00722
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: ECON
INFO: P/M AMB DCM POL
Laser1:
INFO: FCS
DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: AMB:MWAHBA
DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN
CLEARED: DCM:RALBRIGHT
VZCZCADI756
PP RUEHC RUEATRS RUEHDE RUEHBUL RUEHKO RUEHRL
RUEHBS RUEHNO RUEHZM
DE RUEHAD #0722 0750700
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 150700Z MAR 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3588
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
INFO RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 3846
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0162
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 0274
RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 0072
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 0054
RUEHZM/GCC COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 000722 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL 03/14/14 TAGS: EAID, PGOV, PREL, AF, TC SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - UAE THOUGHTS REF: STATE 47946 (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 B and d. 1. (C) Ambassador raised reftel demarche on the Afghan donors' conference with MFA Assistant Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on March 10. She also passed him the list of Afghanistan's pressing reconstruction and security needs and urged the UAEG to continue its excellent support for the Afghan government. Al-Noaimi stated that he understood the conference to be a political conference, not/not a pledging conference. He also said that he did not think that the UAEG would be making additional contributions in Berlin, but would be looking at how it could allocate its current pledges. The Ambassador explained that, in the USG's view, the international community needed to act decisively to reinforce the gains made in Afghanistan and demonstrate its commitment. Contributions to Afghanistan should be viewed in the context of global security. She pointed out that the USG was pledging approximately one billion dollars in Berlin to bring our total FY 2004 contribution to $2.2 billion. She also noted favorably previous UAEG "in-kind" contributions to the Afghan armed forces and the UAE's generous humanitarian assistance, and encouraged the UAEG to think creatively about what it could do. 2. (C) EconChief also discussed Afghanistan with Ministry of Finance Assistant Under Secretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani. Al-Bustani discussed Afghanistan's request to have the UAE coordinate a meeting between the Afghan finance minister and his GCC colleagues before the Berlin donors' conference. Al-Bustani said that Minister of State for Finance and Industry Dr. Khirbash believed that it would be more appropriate to coordinate this type of multilateral event through the GCC Secretariat. However, Al-Bustani explained that Dr. Khirbash had written a letter to the GCC Secretariat explaining Afghanistan's request and supporting the idea. Wahba
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