US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2366

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002366 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, ECON, KMPI, NL, UNGA 
SUBJECT: DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN G8 BMENA MEETINGS IN NEW 
YORK 
 
REF: A. STATE 199666 
     B. HOLLIDAY/THORKELSON E-MAIL 
 
POLCOUNS passed ref A schedule for the G-8 BMENA Forum for 
the Future Preparatory Meetings and list of Business and 
Civil Society Dialogue invitees to Bahia Tahzib-Lie in the 
Dutch MFA's Department of Political Affairs on September 16; 
ref b update was passed on September 17.  ECONOFF shared 
reftel schedule and update with Jan Hurner, U.S. desk officer 
at the Ministry of Economic Affairs on September 17. 
POLCOUNS also discussed Dutch participation in the September 
23-24 meetings with Jaap Werner, Director of the Political 
Affairs Department.  Tahzib-Lie and Werner confirmed that 
Dutch FM Bot would attend the September 24 meeting.  They 
also anticipated that Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz would 
participate in at least the first part of the September 23 
meeting chaired by U/S Larsen, although they could not 
positively confirm his participation at this time.  If 
Siblesz was unable to attend all or part of the September 23 
meeting, Michiel den Hond, Director of the MFA's Department 
of North Africa and Middle East Affairs, would plan to take 
his place. 
SOBEL