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| Identifier: | 04ABUDHABI2263 |
|---|---|
| Wikileaks: | View 04ABUDHABI2263 at Wikileaks.org |
| Origin: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Created: | 2004-07-07 11:07:00 |
| Classification: | CONFIDENTIAL |
| Tags: | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| Redacted: | This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks. |
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Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 05:23:34 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results
Cable
Text:
CONFIDENTIAL
SIPDIS
TELEGRAM July 07, 2004
To: No Action Addressee
Action: Unknown
From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2263 - ROUTINE)
TAGS: EPET, PGOV, BEXP, ENRG, ECON, EINV
Captions: None
Subject: UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS
Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 02263
SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: ECON
INFO: P/M AMB DCM POL
Laser1:
INFO: FCS
DISSEMINATION: ECON
CHARGE: PROG
APPROVED: CDA: RALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON: CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: NONE
VZCZCADI041
RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEHDE RUCPDOC RHEBAAA RUEHLO
RUEHFR
DE RUEHAD #2263 1891107
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 071107Z JUL 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5032
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 4130
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0816
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0854
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002263 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL 07/07/09 TAGS: EPET, PGOV, BEXP, ENRG, ECON, EINV, TC, IR SUBJECT: UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS REFS: A) SECSTATE 144237 B) ABU DHABI 2033 AND PREVIOUS 1. (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered ref A talking points to MFA Assistant Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi July 6, and expressed our concerns about Abu Dhabi's potential project to import gas from Iran. Al-Noaimi agreed that Tehran pursues policies that destabilize the region, including its ongoing pursuit of WMD, but noted, "they are our neighbors," with whom the UAE must co-exist. In his view, a boycott of Iran is not the solution, nor is it a practical option for the UAE -- Iran is the UAE's top trading partner for non-oil goods, and a sizable Iranian expat community is resident here. 3. (C) Al-Noaimi posed a hypothetical situation to Charge: If Iran built a pipeline (without UAE investment) to an offshore gas facility, and the UAE built its own pipeline to the same gas facility, and the two pipelines were then linked to import gas to the UAE, would such a scenario violate U.S. laws against investment in Iran? (Comment: It seems from our dialogue with Al-Noaimi and numerous other UAE interlocutors that a pipeline "link up" is what the UAEG's lawyers have advised. End comment.) Charge replied that Washington would need to examine the specifics of any project to make a determination about the applicability of U.S. law. But he reminded Al-Noaimi that the U.S. would oppose, in principle, any agreement that benefits Iran, a country that poses a threat to us, to the UAE and others in the region. 4. (C) Charge asked Al-Noaimi if a potential gas deal would be linked to concessions from Iran on other issues, such as Iran's occupation of Abu Musa and the Tunbs. Al- Noaimi replied that a gas supply agreement with Iran would not/not be contingent on resolution of the islands issue, but conceded that a gas agreement with Iran was more than a simple commercial arrangement. Any deal would have political overtones. Charge stated that despite our differing positions, it was important that we remain in communication about the gas project. Al-Noaimi agreed. Albright
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