US embassy cable - 04DJIBOUTI418

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Identifier:	04DJIBOUTI418
Wikileaks:	View 04DJIBOUTI418 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Djibouti
Created:	2004-03-21 14:11:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	PREL PGOV EAIR DJ
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000418 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/E JANE GAFFNEY AND AF/E NOLE GAREY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, EAIR, DJ 
SUBJECT: SAFE SKIES AND DJIBOUTI 
 
 
 1. (U) This is an action message.  Action requested 
paragraph 3. 
 
2. (U) During Ambassador's courtesy call on Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs Director for Bilateral Relations, Mohammed 
Ali Hassan, Hassan asked about status for Djibouti of "Safe 
Skies," the presidential initiative to promote sustainable 
improvements in aviation safety and security in Africa. He 
noted that a team had come from the U.S. to visit Djibouti 
about two years ago and that Ministry of Transportation 
personnel went to the U.S. to attend a conference.  Since 
then, he said, there has been no follow-up.  Hassan asked if 
U.S. assistance would continue in this area and who the 
contact person from the Embassy would be.  Ambassador said 
she would look into the matter and get back to Hassan. 
 
3. (U) Ambassador notes that during her consultations in 
Washington, she had understood that the U.S. no longer had a 
Safe Skies program with Djibouti. Embassy institutional 
memory is incomplete.  Please advise if Safe Skies, as a 
program, is still envisioned for Djibouti, or if money is 
being /has been allocated for this purpose, so that she may 
appropriately respond to Hassan. 
 
RAGSDALE