US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI1967

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UAE Central Bank Governor Reminisces about the New Indian Prime Minister

Identifier: 04ABUDHABI1967
Wikileaks: View 04ABUDHABI1967 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2004-06-15 13:01:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREL PINR TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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CONFIDENTIAL

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM                                            June 15, 2004


To:       No Action Addressee                                    

Action:   Unknown                                                

From:     AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1967 - ROUTINE)         

TAGS:     PREL, PINR                                             

Captions: None                                                   

Subject:  UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REMINISCES ABOUT THE NEW     
          INDIAN PRIME MINISTER                                  

Ref:      None                                                   
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C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 01967

SIPDIS
Laser1:
    INFO:   FCS 
CXABU:
    ACTION: ECON 
    INFO:   P/M DCM AMB POL 

DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MWAHBA
DRAFTED: ECON:OJOHN
CLEARED: DCM:RALBRIGHT

VZCZCADI259
RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHNE
DE RUEHAD #1967 1671301
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 151301Z JUN 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4728
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 1222
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 001967 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/B 
 
E.O. 12958: 6/20/09 
TAGS: PREL, PINR, TC 
SUBJECT:  UAE Central Bank Governor Reminisces about the 
New Indian Prime Minister 
 
 
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 
(B AND D). 
 
REF: ABU DHABI 1901 
 
1. (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on 
Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi, he 
briefly discussed the Central Bank's relationship 
with the Government of India.  The governor said 
that he had not developed a relationship with the 
new finance minister yet, but that he had had a 
good relationship with Prime Minister Singh when he 
was the Finance Minister.  (Note: The topic came up 
because the GoI had originally declined the UAE's 
invitation to attend a FINCEN/UAE Central Bank 
training seminar for South Asian Countries, but 
after the Ambassador's intervention sent someone 
from the Embassy as an observer. (Reftel) End 
Note.) 
 
2. (C) Al-Suwaidi said that Singh had proven to be 
a capable person and that he was a problem solver. 
Singh did not suffer from the Indian tendency to 
"beat around the bush."  He credited Singh for his 
role in pushing though several of the 
economic/financial reforms in the early 1990s that 
opened up the Indian economy significantly. 
 
Wahba 

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