US embassy cable - 05DJIBOUTI541

UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 000541 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF AND AF/E; 
LONDON, PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KISL, CASC, PGOV, PHUM, PINR, PREL, PTER, DJ 
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST: GATHERING SUPPORT FROM MUSLIM 
COUNTRIES FOR AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS IN 
ANDIJON, UZBEKISTAN 
 
REF: SECSTATE 100623 
 
1. (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to 
Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan 
replied that it is not Djibouti's tendency to take positions 
on every crisis in the world. He explained that Djibouti's 
diplomatic corps was much smaller than that of the U.S. As it 
does not have representation in Uzbekistan, it is difficult 
for Djibouti to know first-hand the real situation on the 
ground. Hassan continued that in this case, since Djibouti 
and Uzbekistan were both members of the Organization of the 
Islamic Conference (OIC), it would wait until the ministerial 
council of the OIC reviewed the facts and debated them to 
take a particular position. 
RAGSDALE