US embassy cable - 04ABUDHABI3612

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NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE

Identifier: 04ABUDHABI3612
Wikileaks: View 04ABUDHABI3612 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abu Dhabi
Created: 2004-10-12 11:51:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: MARR NATO PREL TC
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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Diana T Fritz  02/05/2007 05:18:56 PM  From  DB/Inbox:  Search Results

Cable 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L        ABU DHABI 03612

SIPDIS
CXABU:
    ACTION: POL
    INFO:   AMB DCM MEPI P/M ECON RSO

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: AMB:MSISON
DRAFTED: POL:JMAYBURY
CLEARED: DCM:RALBRIGHT ECON:OJOHN

VZCZCADI944
RR RUEHC RUEHZM RUEKJCS RUEHNO RUCAACC
DE RUEHAD #3612 2861151
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
R 121151Z OCT 04
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6310
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RUEHNO/USMISSION USNATO 0056
RUCAACC/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 003612 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EUR/RPM (SHINAGEL) 
 
ALSO FOR NEA/RA AND NEA/ARPI 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/11/14 
TAGS: MARR, NATO, PREL, TC 
SUBJECT: NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL COOPERATION 
INITIATIVE 
 
Ref: State 206678 
 
(C) Ambassador discussed NATO Deputy Secretary General 
Alessandro Minuto Rizzo's recent visit to the UAE with MFA 
Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi on October 11. 
Abdulla Rashid, who had met Rizzo at NATO Headquarters 
earlier this year, said Rizzo's September 28 mission to the 
UAE clarified NATO's role and the purpose of the Istanbul 
Cooperation Initiative (ICI).  He said he and Deputy Prime 
Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh 
Hamdan Bin Zayed were receptive to the ICI's focus on 
training.  He emphasized that it was in the UAE's interest 
to have cooperation with NATO.  Abdullah Rashid said the 
UAE Armed Forces would be developing their own response to 
the ICI based on the military's needs.  We will follow up 
with our armed forces contacts. 
SISON 

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