US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2453

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002453 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/ODF/DE MARCELLUS AND EB/UBI/HOLLIDAY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, ECON, EFIN, PREL, NL 
SUBJECT: IRAQ: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING 
 
REF: SECSTATE 196084 
 
1.  We delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on 14 September 
to Adri van Loopik, head of the Gulf States Division of the 
Dutch MFA's North Africa and Middle East department, as well 
as Willemein Kallenberg, Iraq desk officer.  They had no 
substantive response at that time. 
 
2.  On September 22, Joris Beerda, staffer in the Peace 
Building and Governance division of the Development Ministry 
informed econoff that the GONL will be represented at the 
Tokyo conference by their ambassador to Japan H. Jacobs and 
his political counselor J. Heidsma.  An EU-Council 
secretariat staffer will also attend with the Dutch 
 
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delegation. 
 
3.  On the topic of Dutch plans for future Iraq assistance, 
Beerda said his government is considering contributing two 
million euros for Iraqi elections next year, and that one 
million euros will be allocated to the UN protection force in 
Baghdad.  The Netherlands will pledge a further 500 thousand 
euros to UNSECOORD.  Beyond that, Beerda said his government 
had no long term assistance plan for Iraq. 
 
4.  The Dutch pledged 9.4 million euros at Madrid. Of this, 
five of the six million euros intended for the trust fund 
have been disbursed.  The remaining 3.4 million euros for 
economic assistance have not been released because of the 
security situation.  Among other Dutch funds pledged, four of 
the five million euros for humanitarian assistance have been 
released, with the final one million euros scheduled for 
release by the end of 2004. Finally, to date the Netherlands 
has spent approximately 52 million euros maintaining its 
marine battalion in Al Mutthana, and has disbursed another 
two million euros on security sector reform related programs 
the province. 
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