US embassy cable - 05SANAA348

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 000348 
 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/21/2015 
TAGS: ASEC, PREL, IZ, YM, DEMARCHE 
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES ROYG SUPPORT FOR IRAQI 
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT 
 
REF: STATE 30179 
 
Classified By: DCM Nabeel Khoury for reasons 1.4 b and d. 
 
1. (C) On February 21 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to 
Foreign Minister Qirbi, stressing that he hoped the ROYG 
would move quickly and vocally to support the new government 
and the constitutional process.  Qirbi replied that a 
February 20 ruling GPC party communique states "the ROYG 
hopes that the elections in Iraq will lead to increased 
stability and that all Iraqis will participate in the 
drafting of the new constitution." 
 
2. (C) Ambassador told Qirbi that we have every indication 
that the ITG will be inclusive.  He pointed to initial 
statements by Shiite and Kurdish leaders emphasizing the need 
for Sunni participation in drafting the constitution, and in 
the entire political process.  Yemen has taken a public stand 
supporting democracy in the region, Ambassador pressed Qirbi 
-- "What you say matters."  Given Yemen's prominence in 
regional democratization efforts, continued the Ambassador, 
high-level public ROYG support for the political process in 
Iraq is called for. 
Krajeski