US embassy cable - 05MANAMA430

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UK TAKING LEADERSHIP ROLE IN G8/BMENA INITIATIVES

Identifier: 05MANAMA430
Wikileaks: View 05MANAMA430 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2005-03-21 15:25:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: ECON ECIN PGOV PREL BA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000430 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI AND NEA/PI-FRANCESKI 
TREASURY FOR U/S JTAYLOR 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/21/2015 
TAGS: ECON, ECIN, PGOV, PREL, BA 
SUBJECT: UK TAKING LEADERSHIP ROLE IN G8/BMENA INITIATIVES 
 
REF: MANAMA 0179 
 
Classified By: Pol/Econ Chief Steven C. Bondy for reasons 1.4 (b) and ( 
d). 
 
(C) Ministry of Finance Director of Economic Planning Yousif 
Humood told Econoff March 20 that the UK officially called a 
G8/BMENA meeting on the margins of the April 16-17 IMF/World 
Bank meetings in Washington.  Humood noted the UK is taking 
advantage of having all the finance ministers in Washington 
and indicated he was pleased by the initiative.  In previous 
conversations with Humood and other GOB officials, they noted 
their concern about what they perceived as a lack of UK 
leadership in the G8/BMENA process (reftel). These fears now 
appear to have subsided. 
MONROE 

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