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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI2181 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI2181 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-06-30 13:15:00 |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY |
| Tags: | PREL KCRM PGOV TC |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:30:51 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
UNCLASSIFIED
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM June 30, 2004
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2181 - ROUTINE)
TAGS: PREL, PGOV, KCRM
Captions: None
Subject: MLAT BOGGED DOWN IN UAE BUREAUCRACY
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 02181
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: RSO AMB DCM ECON P/M
DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: CDA:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: POL:JFMAYBURY
CLEARED: NONE
VZCZCADI825
RR RUEHC RUEAWJA RUCNFB
DE RUEHAD #2181 1821315
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 301315Z JUN 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4948
INFO RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
RUCNFB/DIRFBI WASHDC
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002181 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR NEA/ARP, L/LEI DOJ FOR OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL, KCRM, PGOV, TC SUBJECT: MLAT bogged down in UAE bureaucracy 1. (SBU) The UAE Government's review of a U.S.- proposed text for a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) is not going to be completed until after the summer, although the UAE remains committed to the reaching an agreement, Yacub Al-Hosani, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of International Organizations, told Polchief on June 30. Al-Hosani, who handled the MLAT portfolio when he was Deputy Director of Legal Affairs until earlier this year, said that the UAE interagency committee (consisting of MFA, Interior, and Justice members) continues to review the draft text that the Embassy submitted to the UAEG back in January. 2. (SBU) "We have instructions from our leaders to strengthen cooperation in law enforcement. We do not want to conduct this type of business on a case-by- case basis or ad hoc," Al-Hosani said. Abdul Rahim Al-Awadi, Director for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Justice, had told Polchief in April and again in May that Justice had completed its review of the document, but he did not characterize his ministry's position one way or the other. 3. (SBU) Al-Hosani said that the MFA's review of MLAT may have stalled in the Legal Affairs Department because its director, Ahmed Al-Jarman, did not have a deputy for many months. Al-Hosani confided that a massive restructuring at MFA now under way will result in Al-Jarman being given a more senior portfolio, and Al-Hosani returning to Legal Affairs. He was pessimistic that MLAT would budge over the summer months because of this and because of staff taking their vacations. ALBRIGHT
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